Definitions tagged chuncho in the street dictionary.
A state of extreme shyness or bashfulness that children experience when meeting strangers, causing them to shut down and refuse to talk. (The term comes from chuncho, used in the Andes to describe someone withdrawn or unsocial).
Carolina está en la chunchería, she will snap out of it in a bit.
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In colloquial speech, this refers to a person who is very shy or gets embarrassed easily (in Peru, the word pavo is commonly used for someone bashful or socially awkward, and pavón is an intensified version of this).
My nephew is never in the school performances because he is very pavón.
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Someone who is very shy, timid, or chicken, especially in social situations.
Your cousin wanted to ask him to dance, but he is way too chupado.
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