chiva
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]chiva (uncountable)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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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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