achichincle

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āchichinqui, from ātl (“water”) + chichinqui (“sucker, sucking”), the original sense was that of a mine operator which oversaw the contention of underground water in mineshafts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /at͡ʃiˈt͡ʃinkle/ [a.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃĩŋ.kle]
  • Rhymes: -inkle
  • Syllabification: a‧chi‧chin‧cle

Noun

achichincle m or f by sense (plural achichincles)

  1. (derogatory, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) minion, servant

Further reading

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