chonta
English
Etymology
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Noun
chonta (plural chontas)
- Any of various palm trees, such as Juania australis and Astrocaryum species.
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃonta/ [ˈt͡ʃõn̪.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -onta
- Syllabification: chon‧ta
Noun
chonta f (plural chontas)
- chonta
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Panama) head
Further reading
- “chonta”, 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