chuleta
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan xulleta, diminutive of xulla (“rib”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈleta/ [t͡ʃuˈle.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: chu‧le‧ta
Noun
chuleta f (plural chuletas)
- (of meat) chop
- Synonym: tajada
- (golf) divot
- (slang) cheat sheet
- Synonym: código (Philippines)
- (Nicaragua, colloquial) attractive (of a woman)
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Further reading
- “chuleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “chuleta”, 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