chido
التعريفات والمعاني
== Ibatan ==
=== Noun ===
chido
earwax
== Matsés ==
=== Noun ===
chido
woman
=== Further reading ===
David W. Fleck, Causation in Matses, in The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, edited by Masayoshi Shibatani
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
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 ===
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃido/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -ido
Syllabification: chi‧do
=== Adjective ===
chido (feminine chida, masculine plural chidos, feminine plural chidas)
(Mexico) cool, awesome
Alternative form: shido
Synonyms: padre, chévere
=== Further reading ===
“chido”, 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
“chido”, 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
“chido”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua [Mexican Academy of the Tongue], 2019
Roumagnac, Carlos (1904): Los Criminales in México