chilla

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chilla [cheel’-lyah]
noun
1Call for foxes, hares, or rabbits. (f)
21. (Mexico) (f)
3Poverty.
  • Estar en la chilla -> to be flat broke
4Decoy, call (caza).
(Theat.) Gallery.

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chilla
sustantivo:femenino
(tabla) thin board; weatherboard; clapboard; (EEUU)
chilla
sustantivo:femenino
(Chile) (zorro) small fox
chilla
sustantivo:femenino
(México)
1 (pobreza) poverty
estar en la chilla to be very poor
2 (Teat) gods; gallery

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