Meaning
In informal Mexican Spanish, chido is a positive adjective meaning good, nice, cool, attractive, enjoyable, or otherwise appreciable depending on the noun or situation.
How it is used
The Diccionario del español de México labels chido as popular and defines it as something good, beautiful, or appreciable. The Academia Mexicana de la Lengua independently gives 'bueno, de lo mejor' and 'bonito', while its historical commentary describes the word's expansion across Mexican youth speech. In Mexico City it is highly useful everyday comprehension vocabulary, but its distribution is broader than CDMX.
Examples
- “Está chido ese lugar para desayunar.”
- “Qué chido que pudiste venir.”
- “Compró una chamarra bien chida.”
Pronunciation
/ˈtʃiðo/ · CHEE-doh
Tone and register
Positive, casual, and familiar. It can express mild approval or strong enthusiasm, with degree words, intonation, and context shaping how enthusiastic the evaluation sounds.
Visitor guidance
Visitors can understand chido roughly as cool, nice, or good, but should not force one English translation into every sentence. It is informal Mexican Spanish rather than a uniquely chilango marker, so hearing it elsewhere in Mexico is entirely expected.
Cultural context
Chido illustrates how a nationally recognizable Mexican colloquialism can still be central to everyday Mexico City speech without belonging exclusively to the capital. Maperla keeps that distinction visible so city coverage does not falsely turn Mexican Spanish into a collection of city-owned words.
Places represented
Open the reviewed place guide for each regional sense carried by this canonical entry.