chaco
See also: Chaco
English
Noun
chaco (plural chacos or chacoes)
- Alternative form of shako.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Noun
chaco (plural chacos)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃako/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ko]
- Rhymes: -ako
- Syllabification: cha‧co
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Quechua chaku (“hunting ground”).
Noun
chaco m (plural chacos)
Etymology 2
Derived from Japanese ヌンチャク (nunchaku).
Noun
chaco m (plural chacos)
- alternative form of nunchaku
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Cumanagoto chaku (“sweet potato”).[1]
Noun
chaco m (plural chacos)
- (Eastern Venezuela) sweet potato
References
- ^ Arístides Rojas (1881), Ensayo de un diccionario de vocablos indígenas de uso frecuente en Venezuela[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Caracas: La Opinión Nacional, page 31
Further reading
- “chaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
- “chaco”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ako
- Rhymes:Spanish/ako/2 syllables
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- Paraguayan Spanish
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