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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, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃibo/
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: chi‧vo
Etymology 1
Compare with Portuguese chibo, French chèvre. Doublet of cabro.
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
- (Louisiana) someone from the city
- (Peru, vulgar, derogatory) a homosexual
- Synonyms: cabro, maricón
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
Me encanta tu diseño, ¡qué chivo!- I love your design, it's so cool!
Etymology 2
Verb
chivo
- first-person singular present indicative of chivar
Further reading
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Noun
chivo
- goat.