chanchullo
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʝo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CHANCHULLOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHANCHULLO
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʎo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CHANCHULLOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHANCHULLO
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʃo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CHANCHULLOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHANCHULLO
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʒo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CHANCHULLOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CHANCHULLO
- Rhymes: -uʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)Category:Rhymes:Spanish/uʝo#CHANCHULLOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/uʝo/3 syllables#CHANCHULLO
- Rhymes: -uʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)Category:Rhymes:Spanish/uʎo#CHANCHULLOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/uʎo/3 syllables#CHANCHULLO
- Rhymes: -uʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)Category:Rhymes:Spanish/uʃo#CHANCHULLOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/uʃo/3 syllables#CHANCHULLO
- Rhymes: -uʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)Category:Rhymes:Spanish/uʒo#CHANCHULLOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/uʒo/3 syllables#CHANCHULLO
- Syllabification: chan‧chu‧llo
Noun
chanchullo m (plural chanchullos)Category:Spanish lemmas#CHANCHULLOCategory:Spanish nouns#CHANCHULLOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CHANCHULLOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CHANCHULLOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CHANCHULLOCategory:Pages with entries#CHANCHULLOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CHANCHULLO
- (colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#CHANCHULLO) sleaze, scum
- (colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#CHANCHULLO) sham, fishy business, funny stuff
- Synonym: componenda
- backgammon
- Synonyms: backgammon, chaquete, tablas reales
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chanchullo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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