Etymology

Zamboanga Chavacano

Today it means: A Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines. Full definition →

Spanish chabacano
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromchabacano“poor taste”
  2. English todayZamboanga Chavacano

From Spanish chabacano (“poor taste”) and Zamboanga.

Words from the same roots

Spanishchabacano all →

Chavacano

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.