chicle

Borrowed from Spanish chicle, from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl tzictli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪkəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɪkliː/

chicle (uncountable)

1. The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum

• cliche, cliche', cliché

chicle m (plural chicles)

1. chicle
2. chewing gum

   Synonyms: chiclete, goma de mascar

• chicle de goma

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl tzictli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃikle/

chicle m (plural chicles)

1. chewing gum
2. chicle

• (chewing gum): goma de mascar

• chiclero
• chicloso

• English: chicle

• “chicle” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

• cliché