chachi

chachi

1. feminine singular of chacho

chcya (“tortilla”) +‎ chi (“sweet”)

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa̤˧ t͡ʃi̤˩/

chachi (plural nchachi)

1. chilaquiles

• Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 33

• chanchi

Uncertain.^[1] Widely believed to be from Caló chachipén / chachipé (“truth”), a language spoken by the Spanish Romani.^[1]

Another theory^[1] (which is presumably an urban legend) is that the term is derived from the surname of British prime minister Winston Churchill due to the quality of products coming from British-governed Gibraltar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃi/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -atʃi
• Syllabification: cha‧chi

chachi (invariable)

1. (colloquial, Spain) cool, terrific

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay

• “chachi”, 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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχaχɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχaːχi/, /ˈχaχi/

chachi

1. aspirate mutation of cachi