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/Sounds like "cheen" (as in "cheek") + "GAHS" (as in "garden") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

Residue, dregs, or the stuff left at the bottom of a drink or food in Central America. It's that sediment nobody wants to drink, the leftovers at the bottom of the cup when the good part of the coffee is gone.

Examples

There's only chingaste left in the coffee, we need to make more.

Don't drink the chingaste, it tastes horrible.

Regional synonyms

Tail, bottom, or rear end. In Caribbean slang it can be quite explicit depending on context, but in standard use it simply refers to the back end of a person or animal.