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/Sounds like "cheen" (as in "cheek") + "GOHN" (as in "go")/

Meaning

Awesome, badass, the absolute best. One of the highest compliments in Mexican Spanish: calling someone "chingon" is giving them full recognition. It can describe a person, a skill, a party, a meal. Derives from a word that is technically vulgar but used everywhere with pride in Mexico.

Examples

That musician is incredible, nobody plays like that.

The party was amazing, I had the best time.

Word family

/Sounds like "cheen" (as in "cheek") + "GOHN" (as in "go")/

Meaning

An extremely skilled, talented, and impressive person, or something of excellent quality that leaves you in awe. In Mexico, chingón is the highest informal praise, if you're chingón, you're the best.

Examples

That design came out super chingón, congrats.

He's chingón at business, everything he touches works.

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An Afro-Uruguayan musical and dance tradition with deep African roots, recognized as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The candombe drums, chico, repique and piano, are the heartbeat of Montevideo's carnival.