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chin

el mentón

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chin(

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (anatomy)

a. el mentón

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I punched him on the chin.Le di un puñetazo en el mentón.

b. la barbilla

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

He cut his chin while shaving.Se cortó la barbilla afeitándose.

c. la pera

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Regionalism used in Argentina

(Argentina)

Regionalism used in Uruguay

(Uruguay)

She inherited her father's big chin.Ella heredó la pera grande de su padre.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to chat)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. charlar

My friend Jane and I hadn't seen each other for a long time and were chinning until three in the morning.Mi amiga Jane y yo hacía mucho que no nos veíamos y estuvimos charlando hasta las tres de la mañana.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to punch on the chin) (United Kingdom)

a. pegar un puñetazo en la barbilla a

Without my provoking him in any way, the man came up to me and chinned me.Sin que yo le provocara en modo alguno, el hombre se me acercó y me pegó un puñetazo en la barbilla.

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chin

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. la mentón m, barbilla

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

2. (fig)

to keep one's chin upmantener los ánimos

chin [tʃɪn]

noun

barbilla (f); mentón (m)

double chin papada (f)

to keep one's chin up no desanimarse

(keep your) chin up! ¡no te desanimes!; ¡ánimo!

to take it on the chin encajar el golpe; (put up with) soportarlo

we have to be big enough to take it on the chin and come back for more

transitive verb

(Britain) (punch) dar una hostia a (informal)

So MC Rebbe chinned him and threw him down the venue stairs

(reprimand) echar un rapapolvo a (informal);

intransitive verb

(US) charlar

chuck

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Examples

Phrases

double chin	la papada
chin-chin	chin chin
tip of one's chin	la barbilla

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Conjugations

Participles

Present:	chinning
Past:	chinned

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	chin	chinned	will chin
you	chin	chinned	will chin
he/she	chins	chinned	will chin
we	chin	chinned	will chin
you	chin	chinned	will chin
they	chin	chinned	will chin