chaperona
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la chaperona
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (escort for an unmarried girl) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. chaperone
Nunca podía estar a solas con mi novia. Su familia la hacía salir con chaperona.I could never be alone with my girlfriend. Her family forced her to go out with a chaperone.
b. third wheel (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
No me gusta ser la chaperona de mi hermana, pero mis papás me obligan.I don't like being my sister's third wheel, but my parents make me.
c. gooseberry (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Fui de chaperona a la cita que tenía mi prima.I tagged along on my cousin's date as a gooseberry.
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