Chancla

[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by poli

Are chancletas the same thing as zapatillas?

No, they are not. Chanclas and chancletas are the same (flip-flop, but not sandals). Zapatillas can be tennis shoes or the shoes you were at home. Then, you say zapatillas de andar por casa. But in some places in Spain they don't call tennis shoes, zapatillas, but playeras, playeros...

What about tennis shoes? Do you usually call tennis shoes to any kind of sport shoes, or did I invent this?

All these vocabulary usages are referred to what I know it occurs in Spain.

[Rusty]

Tennis shoes are very commonly worn in the United States, not just for sports (and certainly not just for tennis).
They are also called sport shoes, gym shoes, basketball shoes, running shoes, boat shoes, high tops, cross-trainers, trainers, plimsolls, sneakers, sneaks, tennies, tenny/tennie runners, Keds (brand name), Nikes (brand name más 's'), and canvas shoes.

[poli]

Latin Americans that I know use the word chancletas. They don't know
what zapatillas are. Chancla is an ononmatopoeia word, so I think it's
nice that in Spain they differentiate chancla (whic make a chancla sound) from zapatillas (which don't).

[Elaina]

Chancludo..........

I've heard it used to refer to someone that is not dressed .....how can I say this.....

Mostly I have heard the term used to refer to a woman (vieja chancluda)....... meaning someone who always dresses the same way, not very clean, not fashionable, (nothing to do with being poor), someone who doesn't care about their appearance, someone who dresses as if in the dark and wears clothes that don't match...

I think you get the gist of it, don't you?

[CrOtALiTo]

In Mexico, the word flip-flop is very used, I use the flip-flops, they're very soft when they are in my foots.

I'm a Chancletudo.

Hey boludo.

The flip-flop are called Zandalias too.

[Jane]

Originally Posted by Elaina

Chancludo..........

I've heard it used to refer to someone that is not dressed .....how can I say this.....

Mostly I have heard the term used to refer to a woman (vieja chancluda)....... meaning someone who always dresses the same way, not very clean, not fashionable, (nothing to do with being poor), someone who doesn't care about their appearance, someone who dresses as if in the dark and wears clothes that don't match...

I think you get the gist of it, don't you?

I think I do.
Thanks.

[poli]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

In Mexico, the word flip-flop is very often used.
I use flip-flops, they're very soft when they are in my feet.

I'm a Chancletudo.

Hey boludo.

Flip-flop are called Zandalias too.

Te creo eres chancletudo, pero todavía no se que significa chancletudo.
Does it mean casual dresser.

¿Que es el significado de boludo en Mexico? Sé que significa lerdo en unos paises. ¿Significa cojonudo?

[Elaina]

Boludo? Cojonudo?

My imagination is running wild....

OMG......

I hope it doesn't mean lerdo.....that in itself is an awful word!

[CrOtALiTo]

Ha, ha, Ha, Poli, you're chancletudo too.

Boludo meaning lazy.

[gomey]

Well, this word made me get out of my "lurking" mode and log in to say that this word "chancleta" brought many funny memories and it is a word that is used not only for slippers in Puerto Rico, but any child of Puerto Rico knows full well that the mere mention of a "chancleta" will make you behave properly or a "chancletazo" is coming your way when you get home. It is the best form of making a child behave with just the mere mention of this word. Mothers are masters of the chancleta. Good word.