# Three Spanish Words?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-spanish-words/384334>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-spanish-words/384334 "2006-12-15T20:48:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-spanish-words/384334/21 "2006-12-16T14:13:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Sapo]  
esta chingon que no se puedan reconocer por algo mas lindo, guey. 🆒  
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Y eso es un buen ejemplo. Es obvio que no eres mexicano. No tienes idea de lo que quiere decir “chingón”.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-spanish-words/384334/22 "2006-12-16T14:17:59Z")

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[QUOTE=CBEscapee]  
Y eso es un buen ejemplo. Es obvio que no eres mexicano. No tienes idea de lo que quiere decir “chingón”.  
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Mucho menos sabe escribir [“buey”.](http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buey)

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-spanish-words/384334/23 "2006-12-16T14:18:41Z")

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[QUOTE=DanBlather]  
Chinga tu/su madre is pretty well known among my fellow gringo buddies. My understanding is that it means “I am fucking your mother” as opposed to “fuck your mother”.  
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_Chinga_ could either be the imperative form or the 3rd person present tense. In the first case, it would mean “go fuck your mother”, in the other “you fuck your mother”, not “I am fucking your mother”.

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