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👡 A platform shoe 🇬🇹 A Guatemalan person
chapin

chapin

9.9
A friendly informal name for a person from Guatemala
  • noun
  • Informal
translation icon : chapín
  • The restaurant is run by a chapin who moved here ten years ago.

Examples

  • He proudly identified himself as a chapin during the festival.

  • Many chapines celebrate their culture with traditional music and food.

  • My friend is a proud chapin from Guatemala.

  • Many chapins celebrate their culture with traditional music.

  • He proudly identified himself as a chapin during the festival.

  • The restaurant is run by a chapin who moved here ten years ago.

  • My friend is a proud chapin from Guatemala.

Synonyms

Guatemalan
vschapin
24 2.9

From Guatemala or connected with its people

is informal and used in casual speech for people from that country
Central American
vschapin
4 2.0

A person from Central America

is specific to one country rather than the whole Central America region

Surface Forms

chapin singular
chapins plural

Etymology

Chapin as a name for a person from Guatemala comes from Guatemalan Spanish and is used as a friendly 'nickname' by people there; one popular way to remember it links the word to the old shoe chapín, but the exact origin is not certain. So today a chapin simply means someone from Guatemala.