chile

CEFRB2

/ˈt͡ʃɪl.i/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A hot pepper used to add flavor to food.

  2. 02

    noun

    A country in South America.

Examples

  • According to today's paper, there was a big earthquake in Chile yesterday.

  • Chile is waiting for your return!

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈt͡ʃaɪl/
  • /ˈt͡ʃɪli/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Pronunciation spelling of child, representing Southern US and African-American Vernacular English.

More examples

In context

  • Estévez is the man from Chile.

  • An award that she shoulda been awarded. And an award they might want to consider changing the name of. Because, chile. Literally. Child.

  • “I wants all the women and chillun and the old and the sick folks brought out.”

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Spanish Chile, probably from Quechua chiri (“cold”).