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chiringuito

beach bar

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chiringuito(

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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

1. (open-air seaside restaurant or bar)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. beach bar

Es la una de la mañana y aún se oye música en los chiringuitos.It's one in the morning and you can still hear music from the beach bars.

El chiringuito ofrece un dos por uno en cócteles por la tarde.The beach bar offers a two-for-one on cocktails in the afternoon.

b. beach restaurant

Aquí los chiringuitos solo abren con el buen tiempo.Around here, the beach restaurants are only open when the weather's nice.

Mañana iremos a la playa y comeremos en uno de los chiringuitos.Tomorrow, we'll go to the beach and have lunch at one of the beach restaurants.

2. (food-and-drink stand)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. stall

Coge dinero y compra unos helados para los niños en ese chiringuito de la esquina.Get some money and buy the kids ice creams from that stall on the corner.

b. kiosk

Ignacio salió del mar y fue al chiringuito a comprar un refresco.Ignacio came out of the ocean and went to the kiosk to buy a soda.

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

(colloquial)

An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g. ghetto).

(pejorative)

(small establishment or company)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. business

Pepa montó una tienda de comida ecológica, pero Sanidad le cerró el chiringuito.Pepa set up an organic food store, but the Department of Health closed her business.

b. shady company

An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g. ghetto).

(pejorative)

Los García confiaron sus ahorros a un chiringuito financiero y perdieron todo el dinero.The Garcias trusted their savings to a shady financial company and lost all their money.

chiringuito

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

Noun

1. (bar)

a. refreshment stall

2. (colloquial)

montarse un chiringuitoto set up a little business

chiringuito

refreshment stall; refreshment stand

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