chivo

== Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish chivo. === Noun === chivo goat == Morelos Nahuatl == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish chivo. === Noun === chivo goat === 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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃibo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.β̞o] Rhymes: -ibo Syllabification: chi‧vo === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic. Compare with Portuguese chibo. ==== Noun ==== chivo m (plural chivos, feminine chiva, feminine plural chivas) goat (animal), kid (young male goat, most often) Synonym: cabro (Nicaragua) a male who lives with a prostitute and benefits from her earnings, a pimp Synonyms: proxeneta, cabrón, cafiche (Cuba) informer, traitor Synonym: delator (Cuba) bicycle Synonym: bicicleta (Louisiana) someone from the city (Peru, vulgar, derogatory) a homosexual Synonyms: cabro, maricón (Guatemala, slang) a cheat sheet Synonyms: chuleta, machete ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== chivo (feminine chiva, masculine plural chivos, feminine plural chivas) (El Salvador, Costa Rica, slang) cool, awesome (said of a thing) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== chivo first-person singular present indicative of chivar === References === === Further reading === “chivo”, 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 “chivo”, 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 == Western Huasteca Nahuatl == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish chivo. === Noun === chivo goat