chanchullo

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʝo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʝo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʎo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʃo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃuʒo/ [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃu.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -uʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒo

• Syllabification: chan‧chu‧llo

Noun

chanchullo m (plural chanchullos)

1. (colloquial) sleaze, scum
2. (colloquial) sham, fishy business, funny stuff

   Synonym: componenda

3. backgammon

   Synonyms: backgammon, chaquete, tablas reales

Derived terms

• andar en chanchullos

 

Further reading

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