chinela

chinela

English

Alternative forms

• chinele

Noun

chinela (plural chinelas)

1. A flat slipper worn in the Philippines

Anagrams

• Chilean

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cianella (dialectal), from pianella, ultimately from Latin plānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: chi‧ne‧la

Noun

chinela f (plural chinelas)

1. slipper

   Synonym: chinelo

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Spanish

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014