No. 6,655 in Spanish
chontico
A small lottery or raffle.
In a sentence
Ayer compré un chontico para decorar mi apartamento.
Yesterday I bought a small item to decorate my apartment.
Here, 'chontico' is informally used in some regions as a diminutive or affectionate term for a small good or decorative item.
El chontico del juego de lotería trajo suerte a mi amigo.
The lottery ticket's small-slip brought luck to my friend.
'Chontico' refers to a small slip or ticket, especially used contextually in informal lottery parlance.
En nuestras tierras cultivamos mucho chontico como fruta tropical.
In our lands, we grow a lot of pejibaye as a tropical fruit.
In some locales, 'chontico' denotes 'pejibaye,' a type of tropical fruit, contextual based on agriculture.
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