chinelada

Portuguese

Etymology

From chinelo / chinela +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.neˈla.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.neˈla.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.neˈla.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃi.nɨˈla.dɐ/ [ʃi.nɨˈla.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃi.nɨˈla.dɐ/ [ʃi.nɨˈla.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.nɨˈla.dɐ/ [t͡ʃi.nɨˈla.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: chi‧ne‧la‧da

Noun

chinelada f (plural chineladas)

1. a strike with a slipper or flip-flop

Further reading

• “chinelada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chinelada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025