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el chamaco in English

kid, child noun Latin America

Number 3,174 of the 5,000 most used words in Latin American Spanish.

Example

Todavía es un chamaco, no tiene ni diez años.

He's still a kid, he's not even ten.

In Spain

People say el crío.

Before: despegar · Next: infinito

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