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chingo, el chingo(
cheen
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goh
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (colloquial) (without clothes) (Central America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
a. naked
Me da vergüenza estar chingo aunque sea en un vestuario.I feel embarrassed being naked even if it's a changing room.
2. (colloquial) (relating to clothing) (Central America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
a. short
En Roma no puedes entrar en las iglesias con un vestido chingo.In Rome you can't go into a church in a short dress.
3. (colloquial) (flat-nosed) (Venezuela)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Venezuela
a. snub-nosed
Si algo caracteriza a toda la familia es que somos chingos.If there's one thing that typifies our family it's that we're all snub-nosed.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
4. (vulgar) (large amount) (Central America) (Mexico) (Puerto Rico)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in Puerto Rico
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