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chanchullo, m., peculation, fishy transaction, "graft."
chasco, m., joke, disappointment.
chico, m., small boy, lad, young fellow.
chico, -a, small.
chimenea, f., fireplace.
china, f., pebble; a boy's game in which one of the participants guesses which of the other's hands contains the pebble. If he chooses the hand holding the pebble, he loses. Hence, tocarle á uno la —, to draw the unlucky pebble, be the unlucky one.
chiquirritito, very, very small.
chistecito, m. (dim. of chiste), little joke, joke.
chocar, to shock.