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},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: xamba",
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}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: xamba"
},
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"1": "tl",
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"bor": "1"
},
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}
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"1": "es",
"2": "chiripa"
},
"expansion": "chiripa",
"name": "m"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese, perhaps related to chiripa.",
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"form": "chambas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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},
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"cham‧ba"
],
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"fluke"
],
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"fluke",
"fluke"
]
],
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"(Spain) fluke"
],
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]
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"glosses": [
"ditch, trench"
],
"id": "en-chamba-es-noun-aQdmxB7x",
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[
"ditch",
"ditch"
],
[
"trench",
"trench"
]
],
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"(Spain) ditch, trench"
],
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"Spain",
"feminine"
]
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],
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"deep scar (by comparison with a ditch)"
],
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"links": [
[
"scar",
"scar"
]
],
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"(Spain) deep scar (by comparison with a ditch)"
],
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"Spain",
"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃamba/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃãm.ba]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-amba"
}
],
"word": "chamba"
}
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"2": "en",
"3": "chamber"
},
"expansion": "English chamber",
"name": "bor"
}
],
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"cham‧ba"
],
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},
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],
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{
"word": "chambear"
},
{
"word": "chambón"
}
],
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{
"english": "(In the context of a story in Mexico) \"He swindled me\", I thought, \"I'll have to get work. Humberto has a great way to catch me red-handed.\"",
"ref": "1974, José Agustín, De perfil 17",
"text": "Me transó, pensé, tendré que conseguir chamba; linda forma tiene Humberto para pescarme."
},
{
"english": "(In the context of women's work in Honduras) One can also find a \"secretary\" at job agencies, in which the future slave looking for a position starts being exploited by paying for personal advertisements to get work. The best wages for these women reach the astronomic [sarcastic] figure of 70 lempiras.",
"ref": "1975, Revista Ariel, Issues 274-292",
"text": "También se puede buscar una “secretaria” en las oficinas de empleos, en donde la futura esclava que demanda un puesto comienza a ser explotada pagando avisos para conseguir “chamba”. Los mejores sueldos para estas mujeres alcanzan la astronómica suma de 70 lempiras."
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "1993, “Pacas de a kilo”, performed by Los Tigres del Norte",
"text": "El Tigre a mí me acompaña porque ha sido un gran amigo / Maestro en la pista chica, además muy precavido / Él sabe que en esta chamba / No es bueno volar dormido",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"work, employment; task"
],
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"work",
"work"
],
[
"employment",
"employment"
],
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"task",
"task"
]
],
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"(familiar, Mexico, Central America, Peru, Colombia) work, employment; task"
],
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{
"word": "faena"
},
{
"word": "quehacer"
},
{
"word": "tarea"
},
{
"word": "trabajo"
}
],
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"Central-America",
"Colombia",
"Mexico",
"Peru",
"familiar",
"feminine"
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃamba/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃãm.ba]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-amba"
}
],
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}
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"Spanish 2-syllable words",
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"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish nouns",
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"Spanish terms derived from English",
"Spanish terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with audio links"
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"bor": "1"
},
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"text": "→ Tagalog: tsamba"
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"(Spain) fluke"
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"ditch, trench"
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"(Spain) ditch, trench"
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"Spain",
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"deep scar (by comparison with a ditch)"
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"scar",
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"(Spain) deep scar (by comparison with a ditch)"
],
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"Spain",
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}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃamba/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃãm.ba]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-amba"
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"word": "chamba"
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"Spanish terms borrowed from English",
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"word": "chambear"
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"word": "chambón"
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{
"english": "(In the context of a story in Mexico) \"He swindled me\", I thought, \"I'll have to get work. Humberto has a great way to catch me red-handed.\"",
"ref": "1974, José Agustín, De perfil 17",
"text": "Me transó, pensé, tendré que conseguir chamba; linda forma tiene Humberto para pescarme."
},
{
"english": "(In the context of women's work in Honduras) One can also find a \"secretary\" at job agencies, in which the future slave looking for a position starts being exploited by paying for personal advertisements to get work. The best wages for these women reach the astronomic [sarcastic] figure of 70 lempiras.",
"ref": "1975, Revista Ariel, Issues 274-292",
"text": "También se puede buscar una “secretaria” en las oficinas de empleos, en donde la futura esclava que demanda un puesto comienza a ser explotada pagando avisos para conseguir “chamba”. Los mejores sueldos para estas mujeres alcanzan la astronómica suma de 70 lempiras."
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "1993, “Pacas de a kilo”, performed by Los Tigres del Norte",
"text": "El Tigre a mí me acompaña porque ha sido un gran amigo / Maestro en la pista chica, además muy precavido / Él sabe que en esta chamba / No es bueno volar dormido",
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"work, employment; task"
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"employment",
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"(familiar, Mexico, Central America, Peru, Colombia) work, employment; task"
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"word": "faena"
},
{
"word": "quehacer"
},
{
"word": "tarea"
},
{
"word": "trabajo"
}
],
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"Central-America",
"Colombia",
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"Peru",
"familiar",
"feminine"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃamba/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃãm.ba]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-amba"
}
],
"word": "chamba"
}
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