chaco

See also: Chaco

English

Noun

chaco (plural chacos or chacoes)

1. Alternative form of shako.

Anagrams

• Cacho, coach

Interlingua

Noun

chaco (plural chacos)

1. (chess) check

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃako/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: cha‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua chaku (“hunting ground”).

Noun

chaco m (plural chacos)

1. (Paraguay) farm

Etymology 2

From Japanese ヌンチャク (nunchaku).

Noun

chaco m (plural chacos)

1. alternative form of nunchaku

Further reading

• “chaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024