chanchito

English

Noun

chanchito (plural chanchitos)

1. Australoheros facetus, the chameleon cichlid.

Spanish

Etymology

From chancho +‎ -ito.

Noun

chanchito m (plural chanchitos)

1. (Latin America) piglet
2. (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay) piggy bank

   Synonyms: (Spain) hucha, (Latin America, Philippines, Canary Islands, Andalusia) alcancía, (Mexico, Venezuela) cochinito, (Guatemala) cochito, (Colombia) marranito, (Mexico) puerquito, (El Salvador) tunquito

Derived terms

• chanchito de tierra

 

Further reading

• “chanchito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16