chapulín
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See also: chapulin
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chapolin (“grasshopper”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chapulín m (plural chapulines)
- (Central America, Colombia, Mexico) grasshopper, locust, especially when toasted as food
- Synonyms: saltamontes, langosta
- (Central America) small child, tot
Further reading[edit]
- “chapulín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/in
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- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Central American Spanish
- Colombian Spanish
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