chancaroso
Spanish
Etymology
From Quechua chamqa (“ground maize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃankaˈɾoso/ [t͡ʃãŋ.kaˈɾo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: chan‧ca‧ro‧so
Adjective
chancaroso (feminine chancarosa, masculine plural chancarosos, feminine plural chancarosas) (rustic, rare)
- (Honduras, El Salvador, of a surface) rough, coarse, not smooth
- (El Salvador, of grain) unevenly ground; gritty; coarse; gritty
Further reading
- “chancaroso”, 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