chilpayate
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃilpaˈʝate/ [t͡ʃil.paˈʝa.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃilpaˈʃate/ [t͡ʃil.paˈʃa.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃilpaˈʒate/ [t͡ʃil.paˈʒa.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: chil‧pa‧ya‧te
Noun
chilpayate m (plural chilpayates, feminine chilpayata, feminine plural chilpayatas)
- (Mexico) kid (young child)
- Synonym: niño
Further reading
- “chilpayate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014