"chelito" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /t͡ʃeˈlito/, [t͡ʃeˈli.t̪o] Forms: chelita [feminine], chelitos [masculine, plural], chelitas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: From chele (“fair-skinned”), a vesre form of leche (“milk”), plus the diminutive -ito. Etymology templates: {{af|es|-ito}} -ito Head templates: {{es-adj}} chelito (feminine chelita, masculine plural chelitos, feminine plural chelitas)
  1. (colloquial, El Salvador) fair-skinned, white, white-skinned Tags: El-Salvador, colloquial
    Sense id: en-chelito-es-adj-zIMpZB2Q Categories (other): Salvadorian Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ito Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 12 32 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 22 29 20 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 29 23 29 19 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ito: 28 21 27 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃeˈlito/, [t͡ʃeˈli.t̪o] Forms: chelitos [plural]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl celic (“green thing”), plus the diminutive -ito. Etymology templates: {{der|es|nci|celic|t=green thing}} Classical Nahuatl celic (“green thing”), {{af|es|-ito}} -ito Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} chelito m (plural chelitos)
  1. (colloquial, El Salvador) sleep (in the corner of the eye) Tags: El-Salvador, colloquial, masculine Synonyms: lagaña, legaña, chele
    Sense id: en-chelito-es-noun-~rPPYBiC Categories (other): Salvadorian Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ito Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 12 32 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 22 29 20 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 29 23 29 19 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ito: 28 21 27 23
  2. (colloquial, El Salvador) correction fluid Tags: El-Salvador, colloquial, masculine Synonyms: liquid paper
    Sense id: en-chelito-es-noun-bCZHz~Wb Categories (other): Salvadorian Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ito Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 12 32 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 22 29 20 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 29 23 29 19 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ito: 28 21 27 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃeˈlito/, [t͡ʃeˈli.t̪o] Forms: chelitos [plural], chelita [feminine], chelitas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: From chele (“fair-skinned”), a vesre form of leche (“milk”), plus the diminutive -ito. Etymology templates: {{af|es|-ito}} -ito Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} chelito m (plural chelitos, feminine chelita, feminine plural chelitas)
  1. (colloquial, El Salvador) fair-skinned man, white man, white-skinned man Tags: El-Salvador, colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-chelito-es-noun-iNUNohNN Categories (other): Salvadorian Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ito Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 12 32 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 22 29 20 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 29 23 29 19 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ito: 28 21 27 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃeˈlito/"
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      "ipa": "[t͡ʃeˈli.t̪o]"
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        {
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          "text": "Me sorprende que se casara con una chelita de Chalate.",
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        "(colloquial, El Salvador) fair-skinned man, white man, white-skinned man"
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃeˈlito/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃeˈli.t̪o]"
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    {
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  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.