chicotazo (from chicote, Spanish-American [Chile, Mexico, et al.] for látigo), blow with a whip.

chicuelo (dim.), little one.

Chile, prop. noun (a South-American country consisting of a long and narrow strip of land lying between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. Chile has a length of 2,700 miles, while its width varies from 68 to 250 miles; population, about five millions).

chileno, Chilian.

chillón, -a, shrill.

chimenea, fire-place.

chiquillo, -a (dim. of chico), little (one), little child.

chiquitín, -a (dim.), little fellow, little girl.

chiquitino (dim.), very small.

chiquito, -a (dim. of chico), little, small, tiny; noun, little boy, little girl; hacerse el —, to conceal one's knowledge, affect modesty.