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chapela s.f. beret.
chapeo s.m. hat.
chapería s.f. veneering.
chapero s.m. male prostitute.
chaperón s.m. 1. botched job, shoddy piece of
work. 2. chaperon (persona de compañía).
chapeta s.f. rosy cheek.
chapetón -na, s.m. y f. 1. novice, new in a job.
2. (Am.) Spaniard newly arrived in America.
chapetonada s.f. 1. (Am.) illness suffered by
Spanish settlers arriving in America. 2. (fig.)
lack of experience.
chapín s.m. 1. chopine. woman´s clog. 2. native
inhabitant of Guatemala.
chapinería s.f. clog-making.
chapinero s.m. clog-maker.
chápiro s.m. confound it!.
chapista s.m. sheet metal worker.
chapistería s.f. repair shop.
chapitel s.m. 1. ARQ. spire (torre). 2. ARQ.
capital (de columna).
chapodar v.t. to prune, to trim.
chapotear v.t. 1. to moisten, to wet. v.i. 2. to
splash about, to paddle, to dabble.
chapoteo s.m. splashing.
chapucear v.t. to do a shoddy job.
chapuceramente adv.carelessly, quickly and
badly done.
chapucería s.f. 1. botched job, shoddiness. 2.
patching up.
chapucero -ra, adj. 1. careless, shoddy. s.m. y f.
2. careless worker, botcher.
chapulín s.m. 1. (Am.) grasshopper. 2. ZOOL.
(Am.) locust (cigarrón).
chapurrar v.t. chapurrear.
chapurrear v.t. 1. to speak a little, to speak a few
words of 2. to mix (licores).
chapuza s.f. 1. odd job (trabajillo). 2. botched
job, shoddy piece of work (chapucería). 3.
patching up (apaño). 4. spare-time job. 5.
(Am.) trick, (engaño).
chapuzar v.t. to duck, to dip, to plunge.
chapuzón s.m. dip, dive.
chaqué s.m. tail coat, morning coat.
chaquense adj. from El Chaco.
chaqueta s.f. jacket.
chaquete s.m. backgammon.
chaquetear v.i. 1. to change sides, to be a
turncoat. 2. to back down, to go back on one’s
word, to rat (fam.).
chaquetero -ra, s.m. y f. turncoat.
chaquetilla s.f. short jacket, bolero.
chaquetón s.m. long jacket, three-quarter coat.
charada s.f. charade.
charamusca s.f. (Am.) candy twist.
charanga s.f. 1. MÚS. brass band. 2. hullabaloo,
din.
charango s.m. (Am.) kind of mandola.
charapa s.f. ZOOL. (Am.) small turtle.
charca s.f. pond, pool.
charco s.m. 1. pool, puddle. 2. (fig.) pasar el ~,
to cross the water o pond.
charcutería s.f. 1. delicatessen. 2. pork
butcher´s shop.
charcutero s.m. pork butcher.
charla s.f. chat, chatter, talk.
charlador -ra, adj. 1. talkative, garrulous,
gossipy. s.m. y f. 2. chatterbox.
charladurías s.f. pl. gossiping.
charlar v.i. 1. to chat. 2. to chatter, to talk. (hablar
mucho).
charlatán -na, adj. 1. talkative, garrulous
(hablador). 2. gossipy (indiscreto). s.m. y f. 3.
chatterbox (hablador). 4. gossip (indiscreto).
5. hawker, pedlar (vendedor). 6. trickster,
swindler, charlatan (embustero).
charlatanear v.i. to chatter, to prattle.
charlatanería s.f. talkativeness, verbosity,
garrulity, spiel.
charlatanismo s.m. charlatanism.
charlestón s.m. MÚS. charleston.
charlista s.m. y f. lecturer.
charlotada s.f. clownery.
charlotear v.i. to chatter, to prattle.
charlotear v.i. to chatter, to prattle.
charloteo s.m. chatter, prattle.
charnego adj. not of Catalan origin.
charnego s.m. inhabitant of Catalonia but native
of another Spanish region.
charnela o charneta s.f. 1. TEC. hinge. 2.
ZOOL. Hinge (de concha bivalva).
charol s.m. 1. patent leather, vanish. 2. darse ~,
to blow one’s own trumpet.
charola s.f. 1. (Am.) tray.
charolado -da, adj. 1. polished, varnished. 2.
shiny.
charolar v.t. to varnish, to japan.
charquear v.t. (Am.) to jerk, to dry, to cure.
charqui o charque s.m. jerked meat, dried fruit.
charra s.f. (Am.) peasant woman.
charrada s.f. 1. vulgar adornment, gaudy
ornament. 2. boorishness, uncouthness.
charrán adj. rascal, villain, rogue, scoundrel.
charranada s.f. dirty trick.
charranería s.f. dirty trick.
charrasca s.f. (Am.) knife.
charrasquear v.t. (Am.) to stab.
charrería s.f. (Am.) horsemanship.
charretera s.f. MIL. epaulette.
charro -rra, adj. 1. vulgar, rustic, coarse. 2.
gaudy, flashy, showy. s.m. y f. 3. peasant
(de Salamanca). 4. rustic, boor. 5. Mexican
horseman. 6. broad brimmed hat.
charrúa adj. belonging to an Indian tribe of
Uruguay.
chárter adj. vuelo.
chascar v.i. 1. to click, to snap (dedos). 2. to
crack (látigo). 3. to click (lengua).
chascarrillo s.m. joke, funny story.
chasco s.m. 1. (fig.) disappointment, failure. 2.
trick, joke.
chascón -na, adj. 1. matted, entangled. 2. slow,
clumsy.
chasis s.m. 1. MEC. chassis. 2. plate holder.
chasponazo s.m. scratch.
chasquear v.t. 1. to play a trick, to play a joke.
v.i. 2. to crack (látigo). 3. to click, to snap
(dedos). v.r. 4. to be disappointed, to come to
nothing.
chasqui s.m. (Am.) foot messenger.
chasquido s.m. 1. click, snap (dedos). 2. crack
(látigo). 3. crack (rama seca). 4. click (lengua).
chata s.f. MAR. barge.
chatarra s.f. scrap iron, junk.
chatarrero -ra, s.m. y f. scrap merchant.
chatear v.i. to go on a pub crawl.
chateo s.m. pub crawling, barhopping.
chato -ta, adj. 1. snub, flat: nariz chata, snub
nose. 2. blunt, flattened. s.m. y f. 3. snub-
nosed person. s.m.
chatungo adj. snub, flat.
chau! interj. (Am.) bye-bye!.
chaucha s.f. (Am.) French bean, small coin.
chauchera s.f. (Am.) purse.
chauvinismo s.m. chauvinism.
chauvinista adj. 1. chauvinist(ic). s.m. y f. 2.
chauvinist.
chaval s.m. lad, boy, kid.
chavala s.f. 1. girl, kid. 2. oney, love (para
expresar cariño).
chavalería s.f. children.
chavea s.m. (fam.) lad, boy, kid.
chaveta s.f. 1. TEC. (Am.) cotter, broad-bladed
knife. 2. perder la ~, to go off one’s rocker, to
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chavo s.m. (Am.) boy, kid.
chavó s.m. lad, youngster.
chayote s.m. BOT. chayote (fruto).
chayotera s.f. BOT. chayote (planta).
che s.f. 1. name of the letter ch. interj. 2. (Am.)
¡che! hey!, hi!, say!
che! interj. (Am.) hey!
Checa República,s.f. Czech Republic.
checa s.f. solitary confinement cell.
checar v.t. (Am.) to check up, to register.
chécheres s.m. pl. (Am.) bits and pieces, odds
and ends, things.
checo -ca, adj. /s.m. y f. 1. Czech. s.m. 2.
Czech language.
checoslovaco -ca, adj. s.m. y f.
Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak.
Checoslovaquia s.f.p. GEOG. Czechoslovakia.
chela s.f. (Am.) beer.
cheli adj. slang, slangy.
chelín s.m. shilling.
chelo adj. (Am.) fair, blond.
chepa s.f. hump (joroba).
cheposo -sa, s.m. y f. hunchback.
cheque s.m. 1. cheque brit., check (EEUU).
2. Com. ~ al portador, cheque payable to
bearer, open cheque. 3. ~ a la orden, cheque
to order, order cheque. 4. ~ cruzado, crossed
cheque. 5. ~ de viaje/viajero, traveller’s
cheque.
chequear v.t. 1. (Am.) to check, to compare. 2. to
give a check-up.
chequeo s.m. 1. check, checking-up,
comparison. 2. MEC. checking, overhauling,
servicing. 3. MED. check-up.
chequera s.f. chequebook.
chérif s.m. (EEUU) sheriff.
cheurón s.m. chevron.
chévere adj. (Am.) 1. nice, smashing, super. 2.
benevolent, indulgent, lenient.
cheviot s.m. Cheviot.
chibalete s.m. composing frame.
chibcha adj. Chibchan.
chibuquí s.m. chibouk.
chica s.f.. girl.
chicanear v.t. to chicane, to cheat.
chicano -na, adj. /s.m. y f. chicano
(suramericano emigrado a los EEUU).
chicarrón -na, adj. 1. strapping. s.m. y f. 2.
strapping kid.
chicha s.f. 1. meat. 2. (Am.) chicha, maize liquor.
3. calma ~, dead calm. 4. no ser ni ~ ni
limonada, to be neither fish nor fowl. 5. tener
pocas chichas, to be weak, to be all skin
and bone.
chícharo s.m. (Am.) BOT. pea.
chicharra s.f. 1. cicada, harvest bug. 2. heat. 3.
(fig.) chatterbox.
chicharrar v.t. 1. to scorch, to burn. v.pron. 2. to
get scorched, to get burnt.
chicharro s.m. horse mackerel, caranx.
chicharrón s.m. 1. crackling, piece of burnt
meat. 2. (fig.) sunburnt person.
chiche s.m. 1. (Am.) breast, teat. 2. (fig.) trinket
(joya).
chichear v.t. to hiss.
chichera s.f. (Am.) jail.
chichero s.m. chichi vendor, maker.
chichi n.f. (Am.) nursemaid.
chichimecas n. pl. HIST. Chichimec.
chichisbear v.t. to woo.
chichisbeo s.m. court paid to a lady, wooer.
chichón s.m. bump, lump, swelling.
chichonear v.i. (Am.) to joke.
chichonera s.f. helmet (para niños), padded
hood.
chicle s.m. chewing gum, bubble gum.