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 Italian pianella, ultimately from Latin plānus.

Pronunciation

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• (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/

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: chi‧ne‧la

Noun

chinela f (plural chinelas)

1. flip-flop (sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chinelo

Derived terms

• chinelada

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈnela/ [t͡ʃiˈne.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: chi‧ne‧la

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10