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/Sounds like "chee" (as in "cheek") + "REE" (as in "reed") + "pah" (as in "park")/

Meaning

A stroke of pure dumb luck: something that went right by accident, without any skill or planning. When something happens "de chiripa," everyone knows it and nobody expects it to happen again.

Examples

They won the game by a total fluke, the goal was a random deflection going nowhere.

Did you pass the exam? Yeah, by sheer luck, I hadn't studied at all.

Regional synonyms

In the Dominican Republic, a person, a guy, some dude. The informal Dominican way to refer to any man, friend or stranger, it doesn't matter.