chale
Mapudungun
Noun
chale (Unified spelling)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxa.lɛ/
- Rhymes: -alɛ
- Syllabification: cha‧le
Noun
chale f
- dative/locative singular of chała
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃale/ [ˈt͡ʃa.le]
- Rhymes: -ale
- Syllabification: cha‧le
Interjection
chale
- (Mexican Spanish, slang) Interjection that denotes surprise, sadness or disapproval.
- (US, slang) "no" intensified (similar to "hell no" or "yeah right")
Usage notes
- A word that is sometimes yelled when something goes wrong. It's not an offensive word, but considered to be highly informal.
Verb
chale
- inflection of chalar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
References
- chale, In Websters Online dictionary.
Further reading
- “chale”, 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