#chicha#, f. child's word for meat; #de —— y nabo#, despicable.

#chifladura#, f. (coll.) craziness, crankiness, eccentricity.

#china#, f. pebble; #me tocó la ——#, this was my turn (from the game in which a pebble is held behind the back of one child, and another guesses which hand it is in).

#chinesco, -a#, Chinese; #sombra chinesca#, pantomime shadow (cast on a, wall by means of a lantern and silhouettes).

#chiquilla#, f. child, girl.

#chiquillada#, f. childish action; puppy love.

#Chirlos Mirlos#, m. pl. (pop.) a mythical and wonderful place, as Thibet, land of Prester John.

#¡chist!# hush!

#chistar#, to speak, say a word.

#chitón#, hush, be still.