chinela

• chinele

chinela (plural chinelas)

1. A flat slipper worn in the Philippines

• Chilean

Borrowed from Italian cianella (dialectal), from Italian pianella, ultimately from Latin plānus.

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: chi‧ne‧la

chinela f (plural chinelas)

1. flip-flop (sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chinelo

• chinelada

From the earlier form chanela, itself attributed to Italian pianella.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈnela/ [t͡ʃiˈne.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: chi‧ne‧la

chinela f (plural chinelas)

1. slipper
2. flip-flop

chinela f (plural chinelas)

1. female equivalent of chinelo (“costumed dancer”)

• “chinela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28