chingo

Japanese

Romanization

chingo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちんご

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃinɡo/ [ˈt͡ʃĩŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -inɡo
• Syllabification: chin‧go

Etymology 1

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Adjective

chingo (feminine chinga, masculine plural chingos, feminine plural chingas)

1. (Venezuela) snub-nosed

Noun

chingo m (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) a large amount of something, a shitload

   Esta lloviendo un chingo.

   It's raining a ton.

   Me gusta un chingo.

   I like it a hell of a lot.

Etymology 2

Verb

chingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chingar

Further reading

• “chingo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “chingo”, 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