Spanish Word of the Day

China

Definitions

Spanish > English
china
1. n-f. pebble, small stone (usually rounded)
2. n-f. (Venezuela) slingshot
3. n-f. female equivalent of chino, t=Chinese man
4. n-f. china (porcelain)
5. n-f. (Puerto Rico) orange, sweet orange
6. n-f. (colloquial Cuba) chickenpox
7. adj. feminine singular of chino
8. n-f. (pejorative, South America) female servant in a hacienda
9. n-f. (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) babysitter
10. n-f. (Puerto Rico) orange (fruit)
chino
1. adj. Chinese
2. n-m. Chinese person
3. n-m. Chinese (language)
4. n-m. (colloquial) gobbledygook (an incomprehensible language)
5. n-m. (colloquial) a Chinese-run establishment
6. n-m. a Chinese restaurant
7. n-m. (Spain) (US) variety store, dollar store, dime store, five-and-dime, (UK) pound shop (owned by a Chinese immigrant)
8. n-m. (colloquial Spain) heroin (taken by chasing the dragon)
9. adj. curly
10. n-m. someone with curly hair
11. n-m. (Colombia) kid
12. n-m. (Latin America) boy, servant
Tengo que llevar a los chinos al colegio. - I have to take the kids to school.
Apúrate chino Juan que a la fila llaman ya. - Hurry up little John, because they're calling attendance already.
13. n-m. (Spain, Andalucia) Alternative form of china, , pebble
14. n-m. (in the plural) game where players try to guess the number of coins in another player's first
Spanish > Spanish
China
Nombre oficial: República Popular China (中华人民共和国中国, Zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó zhōngguó).
Capital: Pekín.
English > Spanish
China
1. n. China.
Nombre oficial: People's Republic of China.
Capital: Beijing.