Polyglot Dictionary

chinelo

/ʃiˈnɛlu/

o noun A1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os chinelos

Meaning

  1. flip-flop

    • Uso chinelo em casa.

      I wear flip-flops at home.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

chancla

chancla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "flip-flop."

French

tong

tong is the French word for the same thing — both mean "flip-flop."

Practice

1 What does chinelo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Uso ___ em casa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chinelo?

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