chingar
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃinˈɡaɾ/
chingar is spelled C-H-I-N-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chingar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bother, to fuck with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Provocar a alguno molestias o incomodidades, en particular si con ánimo jocoso”.
What does chingar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Mexicovulgarto bother, to fuck with
Estaba chingándote, lo siento.
- 2
MexicoUSvulgarto engage in sexual intercourse, to fuck
La chingaron por la noche.
- 3
Mexicovulgarto be wrong; to screw up, to fuck up
La chingué.
- 4
Mexicovulgarto steal, to swipe
¡Me lo chingaron!
- 5
MexicoUSvulgarto break
¡Me chingaste el televisor!
- 6
MexicoUSvulgarto fail, flop, lose
- 7
MexicoUSvulgarto work hard
- 8
MexicoUSvulgarto eat or drink
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Provocar a alguno molestias o incomodidades, en particular si con ánimo jocoso. 2. Malograr el funcionamiento o propósito de algo. 3. Practicar el acto sexual. 4. Esforzarse en una tarea o labor.
verb: 1. Echarse a perder, fracasar, desbaratarse o fallar una acción, actividad o asunto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chingar
- chingo first-person present singular
- chingué first-person preterite singular
- chingado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- chingando gerund
- chingada feminine participle past
- chingados masculine participle past
- chingadas feminine participle past
- chingas indicative informal present
- chingás indicative informal present
- chinga indicative present singular
- chingamos first-person indicative plural
- chingáis indicative plural present
- chingan indicative plural present
- chingaba first-person imperfect indicative
- chingabas imperfect indicative second-person
- chingábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- chingabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chingar?
- /t͡ʃinˈɡaɾ/
- [t͡ʃĩŋˈɡaɾ]
- [t͡ʃĩŋˈgaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chingar in Spanish?
chingar appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).