chicanx

chicanx

See also: Chicanx

Spanish

Etymology

From English Chicanx. The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Spanish suffixes -a and -o..

Noun

chicanx n(plural chicanxs, feminine chicana, feminine plural chicanas, masculine chicano, masculine plural chicanos)

1. (gender-neutral, uncommon, chiefly US) gender-neutral form of chicanoor chicana
   • 2010 June, Peter Gelderloos, Cómo la no violencia protege al Estado (Spanish edition), page 56, quoting and translating David Gilbert, No Surrender:

     lxs nativxs americanxs, lxs chicanxs o lxs puertorriqueñxs

     Native Americans, Chicanxs or Puerto Ricans.

   • 2015 December 12–13, Lanzate, page 11:

     poblaciones latinxs y chicanxs

     towns (or populations) of Latinxs and Chicanxs.

Related terms

• latinx