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/Sounds like "CHEE" (as in "cheek") + "loh" (as in "loan")/

Meaning

Something cool, nice, or awesome. It's a regional variant of "chido" used in certain areas of Mexico with exactly the same meaning of approval and enthusiasm. You'll hear it more in northern and central states as a casual way to say something is great.

Examples

Your new car is so cool.

The party was really awesome, we had a great time.

Word family

A Chicano and Mexican greeting that's the contraction of "¿qué hubo?" squeezed to the limit, losing the interrogative pause. It means "what's up," "how are you," "what's happening." It's a street greeting, nothing formal, used when running into a friend. Colombia and Venezuela have "quiubo" with the same function. In Chicano Spanish you hear it with the i and h fused, dropped fast.