chancla

Spanish

Etymology

From chanca, from Late Latin zanca, zancha (“soft Parthian shoe”) or tzanga, from Persian ظانگا‎, cognate with Bulgarian Bulgarian чехла (čehla, “chehla, slipper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃankla/, [ˈt͡ʃãŋkla]

Noun

chancla f (plural chanclas)

  1. slipper
  2. flip-flop
  3. old shoe

See also

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