chamullo

See also: chamulló

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈmuʝo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈmuʝo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈmuʎo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈmuʃo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈmuʒo/ [t͡ʃaˈmu.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -uʝo

• Rhymes: -uʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -uʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -uʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: cha‧mu‧llo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from chamullar.

Noun

chamullo m (plural chamullos) (Chile)

1. a story of little truth
2. the art of telling lies

Etymology 2

Verb

chamullo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chamullar

Further reading

• “chamullo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025