chingo
Japanese
Romanization
chingo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃinɡo/ [ˈt͡ʃĩŋ.ɡo]
- Rhymes: -inɡo
- Syllabification: chin‧go
Etymology 1
Adjective
chingo (feminine chinga, masculine plural chingos, feminine plural chingas)
Noun
chingo m (uncountable)
- (vulgar, colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) a large amount of something, a shitload
- Esta lloviendo un chingo.
- It's raining a ton.
- Me gusta un chingo.
- I like it a hell of a lot.
Etymology 2
Verb
chingo
- first-person singular present indicative of chingar
Further reading
- “chingo”, 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
- “chingo”, 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