Contents
- 1 Spanish
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Etymology 1
- 1.2.1 Noun
- 1.3 Etymology 2
- 1.3.1 Adjective
- 1.3.2 Noun
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Classical Nahuatl celic (“green thing”), plus the diminutive -ito.
Noun[edit]
chelitom (plural chelitos)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) sleep (in the corner of the eye)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) correction fluid
- Synonym: liquid paper
Pasame chelito, necesito corregir algo.
- Pass me the correction fluid, I need to correct something.
Etymology 2[edit]
From chele (“fair-skinned”), a vesre form of leche (“milk”), plus the diminutive -ito.
Adjective[edit]
chelito (feminine chelita, masculine plural chelitos, feminine plural chelitas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) fair-skinned, white, white-skinned
Noun[edit]
chelitom (plural chelitos, feminine chelita, feminine plural chelitas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) fair-skinned man, white man, white-skinned man
Me sorprende que se casara con una chelita de Chalate.
- I'm surprised to hear he apparently married a white-skinned woman from Chalatenango.
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