chingón
Spanish
Etymology
chingar + -ón
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈɡon/ [t͡ʃĩŋˈɡõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: chin‧gón
Adjective
chingón (feminine chingona, masculine plural chingones, feminine plural chingonas)
- (Mexico, colloquial, of a person) intelligent, skilled, capable
- Synonyms: inteligente, hábil, capaz
- Antonyms: (Mexico) menso, tonto, idiota, (Mexico) güey
- (Mexico, colloquial) cool, very good
Noun
chingón m (plural chingones, feminine chingona, feminine plural chingonas)
- (Mexico, colloquial) an intelligent, skilled, capable person
- (Mexico, colloquial) someone or something cool, awesome, very good
- (Mexico, colloquial, vulgar) a tough, uncompromising, or intimidating person
Derived terms
- chingonería
Related terms
- chingar
- chingadera
Further reading
- “chingón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014