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chingar.

to bother, to fuck with

7 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/t͡ʃinˈɡaɾ/[t͡ʃĩŋˈɡaɾ]
  1. to bother, to fuck with

    Mexico · vulgar
    Estaba chingándote, lo siento.
  2. to engage in sexual intercourse, to fuck

    Mexico · US · literally · vulgar
    La chingaron por la noche.
  3. to be wrong; to screw up, to fuck up

    Mexico · vulgar
    La chingué.
  4. to steal, to swipe

    Mexico · vulgar
    ¡Me lo chingaron!
  5. to break

    Chile · El-Salvador · Guatemala · Mexico · US · vulgar
    ¡Me chingaste el televisor!
  6. to fail, flop, lose

    Chile · El-Salvador · Guatemala · Mexico · US · intransitive · vulgar
  7. to work hard

    El-Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · US · reflexive · vulgar
  8. to eat or drink

    Mexico · US · vulgar
  9. to splash

    Canary-Islands
Where this word comes from

According to the Real Academia Española, from Caló čingarár (“to fight”), from Romani ćingardel (“to fight, to have an argument”), likely from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀖𑀸𑀝 (*ciṅghāṭa), *𑀘𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀖𑀸𑀭 (*ciṅghāra, “noise, scream”), probably of onomatopoeic origin similar to that of Sanskrit चीत्कार (cītkāra, “cries, noise”), with semantic shift "noise, scream" > "row, quarrel" > "brawl, fight" > "screw, bother". Compare also Hindi चिंघाड़ (ciṅghāṛ, “shriek, roar”).

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