No. 10,149 in Spanish
chicle
Chewing gum.
In a sentence
El chicle que mastico es de fresa.
The gum I'm chewing is strawberry-flavored.
Here, 'chicle' is used to mean chewing gum, focusing on its flavor in a literal sense.
Mi hermano accidentalmente dejó su chicle pegado en la ropa.
My brother accidentally left his gum stuck to the clothes.
In this sentence, 'chicle' refers to a piece of gum that caused an inconvenience, highlighting its sticky characteristic.
En la escuela nos enseñaron que los árboles de chicle producen la goma base para hacer los dulces.
In school, we were taught that chicle trees produce the base gum for making sweets.
The word 'chicle' here represents the source material derived from trees for producing gum, explaining its origin.
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