chinchar

v.

to pester, to bug (informal).

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chinchar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar to annoy, pester, bug

■ deja de chinchar a la niña stop pestering the little girl

► verbo pronominal chincharse

1 familiar to grin and bear it, put up with it, lump it

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡chínchate! familiar hard luck!, tough luck!

¡para que te chinches! familiar so there!

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1.

verbo transitivo (fam) to pester (colloq)

2.

chincharse v pron (fam)

para que te chinches: yo aprobé y tú no — I passed and you didn't, so there! (colloq)

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= needle, tease, twit, taunt.

Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

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1.

verbo transitivo (fam) to pester (colloq)

2.

chincharse v pron (fam)

para que te chinches: yo aprobé y tú no — I passed and you didn't, so there! (colloq)

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= needle, tease, twit, taunt.

Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

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chinchar [A1 ]

vt

(fam); to pester (colloq)

■ chincharse

v pron

(fam):

para que te chinches: yo aprobé y tú no I passed and you didn't, so there! (colloq)

antes no lo quisiste, así que ahora chínchate, me lo quedo yo you didn't want it before so tough luck, I'm keeping it now (colloq)

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chinchar (conjugate chinchar) verbo transitivo (fam) to pester (colloq)

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chinchar Fam

♦ vt

to pester, to bug

♦ See also the pronominal verb chincharse

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chinchar

v/t fam

pester

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chinchar vt, fam : to annoy, to pester

♦ See also the reflexive verb chincharse