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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “chido”, 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
- “chido”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
- Roumagnac, Carlos (1904): Los Criminales in México