chite

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃite/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: chi‧te

Interjection

¡chite!

1. (New Mexico, vulgar) shit!

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003), A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎, Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• “chite”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024