chibo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.bo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.bu/ [ˈʃi.βu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.bu/ [ˈʃi.βu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.bu/ [ˈt͡ʃi.βu]

• Hyphenation: chi‧bo

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Compare Spanish chivo.

Noun

chibo m (plural chibos, feminine chiba, feminine plural chibas)

1. kid (young goat)

   Synonyms: cabrito, chibato

2. (Portugal, colloquial) informant, snitch

   Synonyms: (Portugal, colloquial) bufo, delator, denunciante

Derived terms

• bolo chibo
• chibante
• chibar
• chibaria

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chibo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chibar

Further reading

• “chibo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chibo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “chibo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiβo]

Noun

chibo (plural chibojte)

1. goat

Derived terms

• chibojnacatl
• chibojpi̱a

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962), Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano; Secretaría de Educación Pública, published 1971, page 124