chinche

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See also: chinché

Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃint͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃinʲ.t͡ʃɪ]
  • Rhymes: -intʃe
  • Hyphenation: chin‧che

Noun

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chinche f (plural chinches)

  1. bug, a member of the insect order Hemiptera

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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chinche f (plural chinches)

  1. bedbug
  2. (by extension) An annoying person, a pest
  3. thumbtack
    Synonyms: tachuela, chincheta
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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chinche

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

Further reading

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