chiva
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
chiva (uncountable)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Noun[edit]
chiva f (plural chivas)
- blanket, coverlet
- goatee, beard
- Synonyms: barba de chivo, chivera, perilla, piocha
- shutout in a game of dominoes
- (Chile, colloquial) (false) pretence, lame excuse
- (slang) heroin
- (Colombia) a type of colored bus in Colombia
Noun[edit]
chiva f (plural chivas, masculine chivo, masculine plural chivos)
Related terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
chiva f
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
chiva
- inflection of chivar:
Further reading[edit]
- “chiva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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