chullo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua ch'ullu.[1]
Noun
chullo (plural chullos)
- A type of hat from Peru or Bolivia, usually made from wool or a similar fabric, and often having ear flaps that tie under the chin for warmth.
- 2009 January 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Season of the Chullo”, in New York Times[1]:
- While they’re there, they will probably buy a chullo or two, one of those cone-like alpaca pan-Andean hats with earflaps.
Translations
See also
- chullo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:chullo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ “chullo”, 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
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Quechua ch'ullu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuʝo/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuʎo/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuʒo/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -uʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -uʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -uʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: chu‧llo
Noun
chullo m (plural chullos)
Further reading
- “chullo”, 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