chingaste
Spanish
Etymology 1
Probably from Nahuatl xinachtli (“seed”).
Noun
chingaste m (uncountable)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico) the dregs or sediment of beverages, especially of coffee
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico) the remainders of ground (milled) grains, especially of coffee or corn
Further reading
- “chingaste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “chingaste”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Etymology 2
Verb
chingaste
- second-person singular preterite indicative of chingar