chingón
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “chingón” mean?
awesome; badass
Example
“Tu hermano toca la guitarra bien chingón.”
Your brother is a total badass on guitar.
Good to know
Vulgar (from 'chingar'), but very common among friends.
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: excelente
🔥 How other countries say “awesome”
- 🇵🇷 brutalPuerto Rico
- 🇵🇪 pajaPeru · Peru only: crude elsewhere.
- 🇨🇱 la rajaChile
- 🇦🇷 grosoArgentina
- 🇨🇴 bacanoColombia
- 🇪🇸 de puta madreSpain · Vulgar, but everyday.
More from Mexico
- ¡No manches!No way! / You're kidding!
- chidocool, great
- ¿Neta?Really? / Seriously?
- ¡Qué padre!How cool! / Awesome!
- ¡Órale!Wow! / OK, let's go!
- ¡Híjole!Oh man! / Yikes!
- buena ondanice, cool (person)
- ¡Qué oso!How embarrassing!
Songs from Mexico
- La Bamba · Ritchie ValensLevel A2
- Bidi Bidi Bom Bom · SelenaLevel A2
- Como La Flor · SelenaLevel A2
- Querida · Juan GabrielLevel A2
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