- chancleta
- f.1 slipper, sandal, flip-flop, thong.2 baby girl. (Latin American)3 accelerator. (Automate & Caribbean)4 good-for-nothing, nincompoop.* * *chancleta► nombre femenino1 flip-flop\FRASEOLOGÍAen chancletas with the back(s) trodden down■ has estropeado las zapatillas por llevarlas siempre en chancletas you've ruined your slippers by wearing them with the backs trodden down* * *1. SF1) flip-flop, thong (EEUU)
ir en chancletas — to wear flip-flops
- estar hecho una chancleta2) LAm baby girl3) Caribe accelerator2.SMF * good-for-nothing* * *femenino1) (sandalia) thong (AmE), flip-flop (BrE); (zapato viejo) (Chi fam) worn-out old shoe2) (Andes, CS fam) (niña) baby girl3) (Ven fam) (acelerador) accelerator* * *femenino1) (sandalia) thong (AmE), flip-flop (BrE); (zapato viejo) (Chi fam) worn-out old shoe2) (Andes, CS fam) (niña) baby girl3) (Ven fam) (acelerador) accelerator* * *chancletafeminineA1 (sandalia) thong (AmE), flip-flop (BrE)2 (Chi fam) (zapato viejo) worn-out old shoeB (Andes, CS fam) (niña) baby girlC (Ven fam) (acelerador) acceleratorapretar or pisar la chancleta (Ven fam) to step on the gas o step on it (colloq), to put one's foot down (colloq) (huir) to skedaddle (colloq), to take to one's heels (colloq)D (Ven fam)1 (persona torpe) nerd (colloq)2 (cosa inservible) white elephant* * *
chancleta sustantivo femenino (sandalia) thong (AmE), flip-flop (BrE)
'chancleta' also found in these entries:
English:
flip-flop
- thong
* * *chancleta nf1. [sandalia] backless sandal;[para la playa] Br flip-flop, US, Austr thong2. Andes, RP Fam [bebé] baby girl* * *chancletaf1 thong, Brflip-flop2 S.Am. fambaby girl* * *chancleta nf chancla
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.