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chungo in English

dodgy, iffy (informal) adjective Spain

Number 4,726 of the 5,000 most used words in everyday Spanish.

Example

El tiempo está chungo, mejor no salimos en barco.

The weather looks iffy, we'd better not go out on the boat.

In Latin America

At this place in the list: gacho (bad, nasty, not nice (informal)).

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