chontico

This is the 6655th most frequent Spanish word.


chontico

A small lottery or raffle.


Here, 'chontico' is informally used in some regions as a diminutive or affectionate term for a small good or decorative item.

Ayer compré un chontico para decorar mi apartamento.

Yesterday I bought a small item to decorate my apartment.


'Chontico' refers to a small slip or ticket, especially used contextually in informal lottery parlance.

El chontico del juego de lotería trajo suerte a mi amigo.

The lottery ticket's small-slip brought luck to my friend.


In some locales, 'chontico' denotes 'pejibaye,' a type of tropical fruit, contextual based on agriculture.

En nuestras tierras cultivamos mucho chontico como fruta tropical.

In our lands, we grow a lot of pejibaye as a tropical fruit.