xungo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chungo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʃuŋ.ɡu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʃuŋ.ɡo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈt͡ʃuŋ.ɡo]

Adjective

xungo (feminine xunga, masculine plural xungos, feminine plural xungues)

1. (colloquial, Castilianism) cheap, crappy

   Synonyms: atrotinat, dolent

   • 2018 March 19, Toni Polo Bettonica, quoting Marc Rosich, “Una diva sota un pont”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El mateix passa amb les cançons: els donem una nova vida. Són versions xungues.

     The same happens with the songs: we give them a new life. They are shoddy versions

2. (colloquial, Castilianism) difficult

   Synonyms: difícil, farragós

   • 2019 June 13, Toni Polo Bettonica, quoting Joan Yago, “El teatre dels fills de la crisi”, in El País‎^[2]:

     Mira, el 2010 la cosa estava molt xunga. Si volíem fer teatre havíem de picar pedra.

     Look, in 2010 this was very hard. If we wanted to do theatre, we had to make a big effort.

Galician

Verb

xungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of xunguir