chingue
See also: chingué
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃinɡe/ [ˈt͡ʃĩŋ.ɡe]
- Rhymes: -inɡe
- Syllabification: chin‧gue
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mapudungun chinge (“skunk”).
Noun
chingue m (plural chingues)
- (Chile) skunk (animal, Conepatus chinga or any of the family Mephitidae)
- (Chile) skunk (bad smelling person)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
chingue
- inflection of chingar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “chingue”, 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