chido
Ibatan
editNoun
editchido
Matsés
editNoun
editchido
Further reading
edit- David W. Fleck, Causation in Matses, in The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, edited by Masayoshi Shibatani
Spanish
editEtymology
editPossibly from Asturian xidu (“nice, beautiful”), brought to Mexico by a wave of Asturian immigrants in the 19th century. Or, possibly from the slang chiro (“excellent”). Not to be confused with chivo.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editchido (feminine chida, masculine plural chidos, feminine plural chidas)
- (Mexico, slang) cool, acceptable, easy
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
Further reading
edit- “chido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Roumagnac, Carlos (1904): Los Criminales in México