With the globalized world that we have today, the ease of communicating with people from any country and in various languages, it is important that we are clear about the meaning of the words, so that we avoid misunderstandings, as well as appearing rude and rude. .
Chape Within WhatsApp: What does it mean and what is its origin?
An example of this is the word Chape that has become common on the Instagram platform . Finish reading this article so that you understand its meaning.
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- Where did the word Chape originally come from?
- What does Chape mean in a general way?
- What is Chape used for in WhatsApp conversations?
- Make a hairstyle
- To describe the action of giving a kiss
Where did the word Chape originally come from?
The origin of a word , the vast territory covered by the countries that use it, is particularly complicated on some occasions . The miscegenation carried out in them has brought as a consequence that a word in the north of Mexico has a meaning and in other countries a different one.
For example, in Venezuela it has another definition and in Chile another totally dissimilar to the previous ones. Its meaning will also depend on the context in which it is mentioned, so in order to understand an expression of this type it will be necessary to take these aspects into account. If you have a Samsung brand mobile, it does not hurt to configure the Spanish language on the device to have a better understanding.
On the other hand, a typical case is that of the word ‘Chape’ derived from ‘Chapelonkon’ (braid in the hair) which has its origin in the Mapundungun language of the Mapuche ethnic group, Chilean aboriginal people of the Araucana family. This serves as the basis for different vocabularies which have it as a base word apart from the previously named such as ‘Chapelen’ which can be translated as having braid or ‘Chapekan’ which constitutes the action of braiding something.
What does Chape mean in a general way?
The word ‘Chape’ as mentioned above can have several meanings, for example in Chile you can be invited to eat some delicious ‘Chape’ empanadas in which case you should know that it is an edible mollusk. You can also hear women thinking about getting a ‘Chape’ which is a type of hair on the head alluding to a braid on the head.
In the same southern country, it can refer to the head if they tell you ‘The Chape got loose’, it can even have erotic and risqué connotations when referring in a colloquial and vulgar way to the female reproductive organs. It can also refer to the mere sexual act.
In Argentina, on the contrary, ‘Give a chape to someone’ means to passionately kiss a person, also in Mexico. However, in Colombia it is used by women and refers to a braid-style hairstyle, but in Venezuela its use is quite scarce, almost zero,
In a language as rich as Spanish, from time to time one gets words of this type that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and are called homonyms, this becomes more frequent if we communicate with people from another country or region.
What is Chape used for in WhatsApp conversations?
If in any of your WhatsApp conversations someone texts you ‘chape’ , we recommend that you first know the name of the person, and then read the conversation carefully so that you can understand the context very well and thus correctly interpret what they are saying. .
Make a hairstyle
As mentioned above, in certain places the word ‘Chape’ refers to a braid-type hairstyle , so to make a hairstyle of this type it is necessary to have abundant and long hair. Then separate the hair into three parts, each of these will constitute a strand of the braid.
Then intertwine the two end strands and then the central strand to one of the sides, repeat these steps until all the hair is woven together , making sure to adjust each turn so that the braid is tight and cannot easily come apart. .
To describe the action of giving a kiss
In the previous lines, the word ‘Chape’ was also referred to as the action of giving a kiss in a strong and passionate way. This action is used in a very colloquial way in Argentina and Mexico describing what in many parts of the continent is known as a French kiss. In which those involved seem to bite each other and intertwine their tongues wildly.
So if you are in a chat on WhatsApp and you are going to send the same message to recipients from different regions of Latin America, check what the meaning of the words is , since you may be alluding to different situations and easily be misinterpreted by some of your interlocutors.