chapín

See also: chapîn

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish chapín, related to chapa (“type of metal plate, seal”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpin/ [t͡ʃaˈpĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: cha‧pín

Adjective

chapín (feminine chapina, masculine plural chapines, feminine plural chapinas)

1. bow-legged
   • 2015 December, “Nochebuena antigua”, in Prensa Libre‎^[1]:

     Para ello, la incipiente imaginería chapina tallaba figuras en madera de José y María, el niño Jesús —el misterio—, los reyes magos, pastorcillos y ovejas; la mayoría, con rasgos europeos.

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Noun

chapín m (plural chapines)

1. clog
2. (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) Guatemalan
3. (Colombia) kid (child)

Derived terms

• chapín de la reina

 

Further reading

• “chapín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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