cheloso
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈloso/ [t͡ʃeˈlo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: che‧lo‧so
Adjective
cheloso (feminine chelosa, masculine plural chelosos, feminine plural chelosas)
- (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador) having sleep (sleepy dust) in one's eyes
- Synonym: lagañoso
Further reading
- “cheloso”, 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
- “cheloso”, 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