Spanish · The Basics
Chido
CHEE-doh · /ˈtʃi.ðo/
Cool / awesome / great
1/5 Grandma-safe
mild, playful; fine on daytime TV
Literally
"(slang) cool / nice"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
The everyday Mexican "cool." A thing, a plan, a person can be chido. "Qué chido" = "how cool." Completely clean and endlessly useful — the friendly cousin of the saltier "chingón." Spain's rough equivalent is "guay."
Heard in the wild
Está bien chido tu depa, güey.
Your apartment is really cool, man.
Where it lands
Mexico; Spain says 'guay'
Quick answers
- What does "Chido" mean?
- In Spanish, "Chido" means "Cool / awesome / great". Literally it's "(slang) cool / nice". The everyday Mexican "cool." A thing, a plan, a person can be chido. "Qué chido" = "how cool." Completely clean and endlessly useful — the friendly cousin of the saltier "chingón." Spain's rough equivalent is "guay."
- Is "Chido" offensive?
- It's on the mild end — 1/5 (Grandma-safe) on the Punch-o-Meter. mild, playful; fine on daytime TV.
- How do you pronounce "Chido"?
- Say it "CHEE-doh" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: ˈtʃi.ðo.
Related in Spanish
¡Chingón! cheen-GOHN Badass / awesome / kickass ¡Qué padre! keh PAH-dreh How cool! / awesome! De poca madre deh POH-kah MAH-dreh Freaking awesome / the best Cojonudo koh-hoh-NOO-doh Brilliant / fantastic (Spain) Me late meh LAH-teh I'm into it / sounds good / I've got a feeling Está cabrón ess-TAH kah-BROHN It's intense / rough / seriously impressive
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "That's awesome".
- French Ça déchire ! That rocks! / That's awesome!
- German Geil! Awesome! / Sick! / Hell yes!
- Greek ρε μαλάκα Hey man / dude / bro — the affectionate-insult greeting between friends.
- Italian Figo! Cool! / Awesome! / Sick!
- Japanese やばい Insane / crazy / no way — good OR bad, from context
- Korean 존나 Fucking / hella — the vulgar intensifier that goes in front of everything.
- Polish zajebisty Fucking awesome / badass — the great slang-POSITIVE of the jebać family.
- Portuguese Do caralho Fucking awesome — OR, with 'casa do', the middle of nowhere
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