camanance
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Nahuatl camatl (“mouth”) + nantzin (“fruit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamaˈnanθe/ [ka.maˈnãn̟.θe] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /kamaˈnanse/ [ka.maˈnãn.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθe (Spain)
- Rhymes: -anse (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ca‧ma‧nan‧ce
Noun
camanance m (plural camanances)
- (Central America) dimple
- Synonym: hoyuelo
- ¡Mirá qué bonitos camanances tiene!
- Look how pretty dimples he has!
Related terms
Further reading
- “camanance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024