See also: chinché

Galician edit

Noun edit

chinche f (plural chinches)

  1. bug, a member of the insect order Hemiptera

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃint͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -intʃe
  • Syllabification: chin‧che

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Mozarabic *činče, from Latin cīmicem. Compare Old Spanish çisme.

Noun edit

chinche f (plural chinches)

  1. bedbug
  2. thumbtack
    Synonym: chincheta
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

chinche

  1. inflection of chinchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading edit