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"Tiliches" is a form of "tiliches", a plural noun which is often translated as "junk". "Chunche" is a noun which is often translated as "whatsit". Learn more about the difference between "chunche" and "tiliches" below.
el chunche(
choon
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cheh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (colloquial) (object) (Central America) (Mexico) (Puerto Rico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in Puerto Rico
a. whatsit (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Pásame el.. el chunche ese para vaciar la mezcla del pastel.Hand me the... the whatsit to pour the cake batter.
b. thing
¿Dónde está el chunche para abrir latas? - ¿El abrelatas? Toma.Where's the thing to open cans? - The can opener? Here.
los chunches
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
2. (colloquial) (useless objects) (Central America) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. stuff (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Cuando nos mudamos, nos dimos cuenta de que teníamos miles de chunches que no necesitábamos.When we moved, we realized we had a lot of stuff we didn't need.
los tiliches(
tee
-
lee
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chehs
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (colloquial) (stuff) (Central America) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. junk (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Todos estos tiliches van directo a la basura.All this junk is going straight to the trash.
el tiliche
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
2. (colloquial) (bauble) (Central America) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
b. knickknack (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A Joaquín le dieron un tiliche en el intercambio navideño.Joaquin got a knickknack in the Christmas exchange.
