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What does "chivo" mean?

Cool, awesome.

Country
🇸🇻 El Salvador
Say it
CHEE-voh
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Friends & informal

How it's actually used

The Salvadoran word for cool. "¡Qué chivo!" is the standard reaction to good news.

Examples

Where it comes from

Literally "goat."

Before you say it

In Mexico and Argentina "chivo" is just a goat. In Chile "chiva" can mean a lie.

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