achis
Spanish
Etymology
Contraction of ¡ah, chingados! (“ah, damn it!”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈat͡ʃis/ [ˈa.t͡ʃis]
- Rhymes: -atʃis
- Syllabification: a‧chis
Interjection
¡achís!
- (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador) synonym of achís (damn!)
Further reading
- “¡achis!”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010