What does chinche in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word chinche in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use chinche in Spanish.

The word chinche in Spanish means bedbug, pest, nuisance, pain in the neck, tease, bother each other. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word chinche

bedbug

nombre ambiguo en cuanto al género (insecto chupasangre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Esta cama está llena de chinches que me han picado en las piernas.
This bed is full of bedbugs that have bitten my legs.

pest, nuisance

adjetivo de una sola terminación (coloquial (persona: molesta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No seas chinche y deja de molestar.
Quit being a pest (or: nuisance) and stop bothering everyone.

pain in the neck

nombre común en cuanto al género (coloquial (persona molesta) (colloquial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
¿Y ahora qué querrá ese chinche?

tease

verbo transitivo (coloquial (molestar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
No hagas caso que solo te dice que no estás invitado para chincharte.
Don't pay him any attention. He is only saying that you're not invited to tease you.

bother each other

verbo pronominal (fastidiarse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Los hermanos, cuando son pequeños, no paran de chincharse.
Siblings are always bothering each other when they're young.

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