chinela

English

Alternative forms

• chinele

Noun

chinela (plural chinelas)

1. A flat slipper worn in the Philippines

Anagrams

• Chilean

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cianella (dialectal), from pianella, ultimately from Latin plānus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: chi‧ne‧la

Noun

chinela f (plural chinelas)

1. slipper

   Synonym: chinelo

Spanish

Etymology

From the earlier form chanela, itself attributed to Italian pianella.

Noun

chinela f (plural chinelas)

1. slipper
2. flip-flop

Noun

chinela f (plural chinelas)

1. female equivalent of chinelo (“costumed dancer”)

Further reading

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