chancleta
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish chancleta (“slipper; (slang) girl”).
Noun
editchancleta (plural chancletas)
- (areas with many hispanic people) A slipper or sandal without a heel, such as a flip-flop or mule.
- 2002, Chris Ceraso, The Teen Acting Ensemble:
- My friend has a gay uncle and on the puerto rican day parade he puts on these tight shorts with a puerto rican shirt which he ties at the bottom and bandana and wears chancletas and dances to gloria Estefan he also does this at my friends parties.
- 2012, Kali Amanda Browne, Remembrance of Dingbats:
- Carmela tucked her leg and with her foot pushed the chancleta closer to her hand, she reached down without effort and in one fluid movement she grabbed the chancleta, sat up, and threw the chancleta across the living room and into the hallway, where it made contact with Elenita's right temple.
- 2013, Julitza Gerena, Through the Eyez of a Drag Hag:
- When I head back home to Florida, you bet your ass I'm hitting the beach in my chancletas, Boricua beach bag and yelling “Cabron” out the window of my car at slow drivers.
- 2019 October 18, Devoun Cetoute, “South Florida loves PubSubs. Now you can flaunt your love with Publix-themed clothes”, in Miami Herald:
- For those of us who primarily wear sandals, or chancletas, everywhere, Publix is selling a pair just for us.
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editchancleta f (plural chancletas)
- slipper or flip-flop (house shoe)
- weapon (blunt object)
- (Latin America, colloquial) girl
- (Colombia) accelerator (accelerator pedal)
Noun
editchancleta m or f by sense (plural chancletas)
Further reading
edit- “chancleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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