chinela
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]chinela (plural chinelas)
- A flat slipper worn in the Philippines
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian cianella (dialectal), from Italian pianella, ultimately from Latin plānus.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
- Hyphenation: chi‧ne‧la
Noun
[edit]chinela f (plural chinelas)
- flip-flop (sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chinelo
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the earlier form chanela, itself attributed to Italian pianella.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chinela f (plural chinelas)
Noun
[edit]chinela f (plural chinelas)
- female equivalent of chinelo (“costumed dancer”)
Further reading
[edit]- “chinela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛlɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛlɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Footwear
- Spanish terms borrowed from Italian
- Spanish terms derived from Italian
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ela
- Rhymes:Spanish/ela/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish female equivalent nouns