chido
Ibatan
Noun
chido
- earwax
Matsés
Noun
chido
- woman
Further reading
- David W. Fleck, Causation in Matses, in The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, edited by Masayoshi Shibatani
Spanish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃido/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: chi‧do
Adjective
chido (feminine chida, masculine plural chidos, feminine plural chidas)
- (Mexico, slang) cool, acceptable, easy
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
Further reading
- “chido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Roumagnac, Carlos (1904): Los Criminales in México