chiflis

Spanish

Etymology

From chiflado (“crazy,nuts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiflis/ [ˈt͡ʃi.flis]
• Rhymes: -iflis
• Syllabification: chi‧flis

Adjective

chiflis (invariable)

1. (humorous, colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Spain) kooky; bonkers; nuts

Further reading

• “chiflis”, 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
• “chiflis”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “chiflis”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 8th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 31 March 2020, →ISSN