chingazal
Spanish
Etymology
From chingazo (“blow, punch”) + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃinɡaˈθal/ [t͡ʃĩŋ.ɡaˈθal] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃinɡaˈsal/ [t͡ʃĩŋ.ɡaˈsal] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: chin‧ga‧zal
Noun
chingazal m (plural chingazales)
- (colloquial, mildly vulgar, El Salvador, Honduras) shedload; bucketful
Further reading
- “chingazal”, 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