Today in class we talked a little about Nicaraguan history and I thought it would be fun to post some of the "dialect/slang" words that us Nicas use. For some reason we have a lot of words that are unique to our culture that start with "ch". I might assume that is comes from the phonetics of our ancestors native language, nahuatl. Here are some examples of words that we use mainly only in Nicaragua that start with "ch":
Chavalo(a): little boy or girl
Chinelas: sandals
Chunche: another way of saying "that thing"
Chochada: another way of saying "that thing" (situation)
Chele: non-offensive to calling someone light skinned
Chocho: wow!
Chancho: a pig (both literally and figuratively)
Chapas: earrings
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