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Bandera de Costa Rica
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de Honduras
Bandera de Nicaragua
Bandera de El Salvador

/Sounds like "chom" (as in "chomp") + "pee" + "peh"/

Turkey (the bird) in Central America, specifically in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. It is the big bird you eat at Christmas, but every Spanish-speaking country calls it something different: "guajolote" in Mexico, "pavo" in Spain and South America, and "chompipe" in Central America. The word has indigenous roots and is deeply tied to holiday cooking traditions in the region.

Example

"Mi abuela preparó chompipe relleno para Navidad. -> My grandma made stuffed turkey for Christmas."

"El chompipe del vecino se escapó al patio. -> The neighbor's turkey escaped into the yard."

Word family
Regional synonyms:

Anticucho

Bandera de Perú
Bandera de Bolivia

Brocheta de corazón de res marinada y asada a la parrilla que es tradición peruana. Los anticuchos se comen en la calle con papa y ají, y son patrimonio gastronómico.