chinche
See also: chinché
Galician
Noun
chinche f (plural chinches)
- bug, a member of the insect order Hemiptera
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Mozarabic *činče, itself from Latin cīmicem. Displaced Old Spanish cisme, the native Spanish form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃint͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃe]
- Rhymes: -intʃe
- Syllabification: chin‧che
Noun
chinche f (plural chinches)
- bedbug
- thumbtack
- Synonym: chincheta
Derived terms
- caer como chinches
- chinche de la malva arbórea
Related terms
- chinchoso
- chisme
Verb
chinche
- inflection of chinchar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “chinche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “chinche”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 362