chino. 'chino'. This adjective means 'Chinese'. For example, 'una escaramuza entre las tropas japonesas y chinas ' / 'A skirmish between Japanese and Chinese troops'. Chino.
chino, -a
masculine or feminine noun
3.
Chinese (man/woman)
(de China)
person of mixed race (Am)
- trabajar como un chino, -a (figurative) -> to slave away (mestizo)
masculine noun
4.
Chinese
(lengua)
- me suena a chino, -a (informal) -> I've never heard of it; (no lo conozco) it's all Greek to me (no lo entiendo)
also:
- chinos -> = game in which each player must guess the number of coins or pebbles in the other's hand (juego)
5.
vegetable mill
(pasapuré)
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chino [chee’-no, nah]
noun
1.
Chinese. (m)
adjective
1.
Bald, hairless. (Ante Meridian & Central America) (m)
2.
Curly, kinky (pelo); Curly-haired. (Mexico) (m)
3.
Angry, furious. (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)
4.
Young. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
noun
5.
Half-breed (mestizo); (Cono Sur, Carib.) Indian; offspring of Indian and Negress; (Carib.) Offpring of mulatto and Negress; (And. Carib, Cono Sur) servant; street urchin (golfo). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
- Quedarse como un chino -> (Carib, Cono Sur) to come off badly
- Trabajar como un chino -> (Carib. Cono Sur) to work like a slave
6.
Pig. (Andes & Central America) (m)
7.
Chinos, curls. (m)
8.
Anger. (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)
- Le salió el chino -> he got angry
chinoa china
1 (persona) Chinese man/woman
quedar como un chino (S. Cone) to come off badly
trabajar como un chino especialmente (S. Cone) to work like a dog
es trabajo de chinos it's slave labour o labor; (EEUU)
chino
(Geología) pebble; stone
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