chingo
Spanish, noun
chingo is spelled C-H-I-N-G-O (6 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,026th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chingo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a large amount of something, a shitload” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chingar. With an accent, chingó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of chingar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cantidad grande pero imprecisa de una cosa”.
What does chingo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
snub-nosed
noun
- 1
Mexicocolloquialmasculinevulgara large amount of something, a shitload
Esta lloviendo un chingo.
- 2
masculineflow; jet
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of chingar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of chingar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Diminuto. 2. Rabón (que no tiene cola). 3. Dicho de un vestido: corto. 4. Romo, chato (de nariz plana).
noun: 1. Cantidad grande pero imprecisa de una cosa.
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 chingo
- chinga feminine
- chingos masculine plural
- chingas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chingo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chingo in Spanish?
chingo appears 3.6 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).