chango
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of machango, from Guanche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃanɡo/ [ˈt͡ʃãŋ.ɡo]
- Rhymes: -anɡo
- Syllabification: chan‧go
Noun
chango m (plural changos)
- (Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico) monkey
- Synonym: mono
- (Argentina) shopping trolley, shopping cart
- Synonym: carrito
- (Bolivia, Argentina) kid (specifically NW Argentina)
Usage notes
- chango is a false friend of English change; related to this term are canje, canjear, cambio and cambiar
Related terms
- (diminutive) changuito m
Descendants
- → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: chanku
- → Sayula Popoluca: changu
- → Tagalog: tsonggo
See also
- chongo m
- mico m
- simio m
- zanate m
References
- Gillespie-Duelos, Eduardo. (1975) A Glossary of San Antonio Jargon. American Speech, vol. 50, no. 1/2, 140–142.
Further reading
- “chango”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Pronunciation
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Noun
chango
- plural of uchango