chungo
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Caló chungo (“ugly”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
chungo (feminine chunga, masculine plural chungos, feminine plural chungas) (colloquial)
- (colloquial) crappy, dodgy, cheap (of bad quality, or in a bad condition)
- (colloquial) complicated, difficult
- Synonyms: difícil, complicado
- (colloquial) nasty, contemptible (unsuitable or inappropriate person)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: xungo
Noun[edit]
chungo m (plural chungos)
- (colloquial) indisposition, seizure, fit
- Synonyms: telele, indisposición, patatús, jamacuco
Further reading[edit]
- “chungo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014