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