Chancla

Chancla
 

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for July 31, 2008

chancla - feminine noun (la) - flip-flop, sandal. Look up chancla in the dictionary

Me gusta andar de chanclas en el verano.
I like wearing flip-flops in the summer.

Chanclas y clancletas son palabras para slippers pero en España no se oye esas palabras mucho. Prefieron usar la palabra zapatillas. Las zapatillas frecuentamente estan hechos de tela de fieltro con deseño tartán. Supongo que
la mayoria de la gente que las usan son viejitos. No obstante, son muy cómodos y barátos y las llevo en la casa aunque no llegué a la tercera edad todavía.:)

Do all of you know what chancludo refers to? :D

I don't know what it means. Is it a Mexican expression?

a million times
 

Yeah, David,

I have heard that a million times, but I can't quite think of it in English right now without a context.

Marsopa

Great! Hey, in Spain we use chanclas y chancletas. They are really common words.
No me pises que llevo chanclas... is the name of a Spanish pop music group.

Not a clue...

What does it refer to?

Are chancletas the same thing as zapatillas?

Let me double-check my sources and then I'll answer :)

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.

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.

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).

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?

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.

I think I do.
Thanks.

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?

Boludo? Cojonudo?

My imagination is running wild....

OMG......

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

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

Boludo meaning lazy.

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.