chivo

See also: chivó

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chivo.

Noun

chivo

  1. goat

Morelos Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chivo.

Noun

chivo

  1. 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/ [ˈt͡ʃi.β̞o]
  • 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)

  1. goat (animal), kid (young male goat, most often)
    Synonym: cabro
  2. (Nicaragua) a male who lives with a prostitute and benefits from her earnings, a pimp
    Synonyms: proxeneta, cabrón, cafiche
  3. (Cuba) informer, traitor
    Synonym: delator
  4. (Cuba) bicycle
  5. (Louisiana) someone from the city
  6. (Peru, vulgar, derogatory) a homosexual
    Synonyms: cabro, maricón
Derived terms

Adjective

chivo (feminine chiva, masculine plural chivos, feminine plural chivas)

  1. (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!

Verb

chivo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chivar

Further reading

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

chivo

  1. goat.
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