chabacán
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃabaˈkan/ [t͡ʃa.β̞aˈkãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: cha‧ba‧cán
Adjective
chabacán (feminine chabacana, masculine plural chabacanes, feminine plural chabacanas)
- (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Panama, Bolivia, Rioplatense, of a person) alternative form of chabacano
Noun
chabacán m (plural chabacanes, feminine chabacana, feminine plural chabacanas)
- (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Rioplatense) a tacky, tawdry, gaudy or vulgar person
Further reading
- “chabacán”, 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
- “chabacán”, 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