chibo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.bu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.bo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.bu/ [ˈʃi.βu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.bu/ [ˈt͡ʃi.βu]

Hyphenation: chi‧bo

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Compare Spanish chivo.

Noun

chibo m (plural chibos, feminine chiba, feminine plural chibas)

kid (young goat)
Synonyms: cabrito, chibato
(Portugal, colloquial) informant, snitch
Synonyms: (Portugal, colloquial) bufo, delator, denunciante

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chibo

first-person singular present indicative of chibar

Further reading

“chibo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“chibo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chivo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiβo]

Noun

chibo (plural chibojte)

goat

Derived terms

References

Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, page 124