chiripá

See also: chiripa

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiɾiˈpa/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈpa]
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: chi‧ri‧pá

Noun

chiripá m (plural chiripás)

  1. (Rioplatense, obsolete in Paraguay) a triangular shawl worn on the waist in gaucho culture
    • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎[1], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:
      La gente de chiripá se sentía contenta y vocinglera, concluida la faena.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Argentina, Paraguay, obsolete in Uruguay) diaper

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