chingolo
Spanish, noun[t͡ʃĩŋˈgolo]
chingolo is spelled C-H-I-N-G-O-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chingolo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “any of a number of different species of sparrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Zonotrichia capensis) Pájaro de color pardo, pecho entremezclado de blanco y erguido copete, cuyo alegre…”.
What does chingolo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany of a number of different species of sparrow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Zonotrichia capensis) Pájaro de color pardo, pecho entremezclado de blanco y erguido copete, cuyo alegre canto consta generalmente de cinco notas. 2. (Passerella iliaca) Pájaro migratorio, de plumaje parduzco, nativo de América del Norte. 3. Corte de carne vacuna ubicado en el cuarto delantero.
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 chingolo
- chingolos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chingolo?
- [t͡ʃĩŋˈgolo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chingolo in Spanish?
chingolo appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).