chingar

== Asturian == === Verb === chingar to fuck, engage in sexual intercourse to screw up, ruin ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “chingar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “chingar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN == Portuguese == === Verb === chingar misspelling of xingar == Spanish == === Etymology === According to the Real Academia Española, from Caló čingarár (“to fight”), from Romani chingarar, likely from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀖𑀸𑀝 (*ciṅghāṭa), *𑀘𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀖𑀸𑀭 (*ciṅghāra, “noise, scream”), probably of onomatopoeic origin similar to that of Sanskrit चीत्कार (cītkāra, “cries, noise”), with semantic shift "noise, scream" > "row, quarrel" > "brawl, fight" > "screw, bother". Compare also Hindi चिंघाड़ (ciṅghāṛ, “shriek, roar”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈɡaɾ/ [t͡ʃĩŋˈɡaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: chin‧gar === Verb === chingar (first-person singular present chingo, first-person singular preterite chingué, past participle chingado) (Mexico, vulgar) to bother, to fuck with (Mexico, US, vulgar, literally) to engage in sexual intercourse, to fuck Synonyms: coger, joder, follar, copular (Mexico, vulgar) to be wrong; to screw up, to fuck up (Mexico, vulgar) to steal, to swipe (Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, US, vulgar) to break (Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, US, intransitive, vulgar) to fail, flop, lose (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, US, reflexive, vulgar) to work hard (Mexico, US, vulgar) to eat (Canary Islands) to splash Synonym: salpicar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →? English: chingas === References === === Further reading === “chingar”, 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 “chingar”, 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 “chingar”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019 “chingar”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010 “chingar”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021