chivo
See also: chivó
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Noun
chivo
Morelos Nahuatl
Etymology
Noun
chivo
References
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9
Spanish
Etymology
Compare with Portuguese chibo, French chèvre.
Pronunciation
Noun
chivo m (plural chivos, feminine chiva, feminine plural chivas)
- goat (animal), kid (young male goat, most often)
- (Nicaragua) A male who lives with a prostitute and benefits from her earnings, a pimp.
- (Cuba) informer, traitor
- (Louisiana) someone from the city
Synonyms
Derived terms
Adjective
chivo (feminine chiva, masculine plural chivos, feminine plural chivas)
- (El Salvador, slang) cool, awesome (said of a thing)
- Me encanta tu diseño, ¡qué chivo!
- I love your design, it's so cool!
Synonyms
- genial
- chévere (Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, slang)
- guay (Spain, slang)
- padre (Mexico, slang)
- chido (Mexico, slang)
- bacán (Chile, slang)
Further reading
- “chivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl terms borrowed from Spanish
- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl terms derived from Spanish
- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl nouns
- Morelos Nahuatl terms borrowed from Spanish
- Morelos Nahuatl terms derived from Spanish
- Morelos Nahuatl lemmas
- Morelos Nahuatl nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Nicaraguan Spanish
- Cuban Spanish
- Louisiana Spanish
- Spanish adjectives
- Salvadorian Spanish
- Spanish slang
- Spanish terms with usage examples
- es:Goats
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