Chaucha: twenty centavo piece.
Chañar: small tree (North), yielding date-like fruit. Chañaral, group of chañar trees.
Charqui: dried meat (“jerked” beef).
Charquican: Chilean dish made with charqui.
Chicha: heavy liquor made from grapes or apples; formerly made from wild berries by Indians of Chile.
Chileno (a): native of Chile.
Chillehueque: Araucanian name for the Guanaco.
Chilote: native of Chiloé.
Chinchilla: small fur-bearing rodent, today scarce and valuable.
Chingana: wattled booths set up at fairs for the assembly of musicians and dancers.