chancla

English

A pair of red chanclas.

Etymology

From Spanish chancla.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/
(Canada, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæŋklə/

Noun

chancla (plural chanclas)

(Latin American culture) A slipper or flip-flop

Anagrams

clachan

Spanish

Etymology

From chanca, from Late Latin zanca, zancha (“a kind of soft Parthian shoe”) from Parthian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃankla/ [ˈt͡ʃãŋ.kla]
Rhymes: -ankla
Syllabification: chan‧cla

Noun

chancla f (plural chanclas)

Related terms

chanclo

See also

Further reading

“chancla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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