La Chingada
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La Chingada is a Mexican concept famously analysed by Octavio Paz
in his book The Labyrinth of Solitude
. The offspring of the male Spanish and the Indian woman is usually identified as hijo de la chingada (the son of La Chingada): perhaps the strongest insult in Mexico. However, the concept has since extended far beyond its original meaning.
Derivative words of the noun chingada or the verb chingar are also commonly used Mexican swear words. They can translate to English in many ways.
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:...
in his book The Labyrinth of Solitude
The Labyrinth of Solitude
The Labyrinth of Solitude , one of Octavio Paz’s most famous works, is a collection of nine essays: ‘The Pachuco and other extremes’, ‘Mexican Mask’, ‘The Day of the Dead’, ‘The Sons of La Malinche’, ‘The Conquest and Colonialism’, ‘From Independence to the Revolution’, ‘The Mexican Intelligence’,...
. The offspring of the male Spanish and the Indian woman is usually identified as hijo de la chingada (the son of La Chingada): perhaps the strongest insult in Mexico. However, the concept has since extended far beyond its original meaning.
Derivative words of the noun chingada or the verb chingar are also commonly used Mexican swear words. They can translate to English in many ways.
External links
- Octavio Paz "La Chingada" - in English and Spanish