chaulafán
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 炒辣飯 / 炒辣饭 (caau2 laat6 faan6, literally “stir-fried spicy rice”). See also 炒飯 / 炒饭 (caau2 faan6, “fried rice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaulaˈfan/ [t͡ʃau̯.laˈfãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: chau‧la‧fán
Noun
chaulafán m (plural chaulafanes)
- (Latin America, chiefly Ecuador, Peru) fried rice
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Further reading
- “chaulafán”, 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
- chaulafan on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es