chigüinada

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish chigüín

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish chigüinada

From chigüín (“kid, child”) + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiɡwiˈnada/ [t͡ʃi.ɣ̞wiˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: chi‧güi‧na‧da

Noun

chigüinada f (plural chigüinadas)

1. (colloquial, Honduras, Nicaragua) group of children

Further reading

• “chigüinada”, 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