achichincle

Spanish

Alternative forms

• achichinque, achichintle

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āchichinqui, from ātl (“water”) + chichinqui (“sucker, sucking”), the original sense was that of a mine operator which oversaw the contention of underground water in mineshafts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡ʃiˈt͡ʃinkle/ [a.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃĩŋ.kle]
• Rhymes: -inkle
• Syllabification: a‧chi‧chin‧cle

Noun

achichincle m or f by sense (plural achichincles)

1. (derogatory, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) minion, servant

Further reading

• “achichincle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014