chango
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of machango, from Guanche.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chango m (plural changos)
- (Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico) monkey
- Synonym: mono
- (Argentina) shopping trolley, shopping cart
- Synonym: carrito
- (Bolivia, Argentina) kid, child (specifically NW Argentina)
Usage notes
[edit]- chango is a false friend of English change; related to this term are canje, canjear, cambio and cambiar
Related terms
[edit]- (diminutive) changuito m
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Gillespie-Duelos, Eduardo. (1975) A Glossary of San Antonio Jargon. American Speech, vol. 50, no. 1/2, 140–142.
Further reading
[edit]- “chango”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chango
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