chido
Ibatan edit
Noun edit
chido
Matsés edit
Noun edit
chido
Further reading edit
- David W. Fleck, Causation in Matses, in The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, edited by Masayoshi Shibatani
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly 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 edit
Adjective edit
chido (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