Etymology

chingas

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Spanish chingar
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromchingar“to engage in sexual intercourse, to fuck”
  2. English todaychingas

Possibly derived from Spanish chingar (“to engage in sexual intercourse, to fuck”). Compare the second-person singular present chingas (“you fuck / you're fucking”).

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