Thread: chaida, que significa?

Originally Posted by vicente

From Jergas de habla hispana:

Chairo (a) (Mexico) joven que profesa estar en contra de la globilización, ser naturalista, ecologista y luchar por los seres desventajados, pero es contradictorio, incongruente (en la Ciudad de Mexico). Organizaro una march de protesta por la paz, pero la mayoria de los chairos no participó porque ese mismo día inauguraban un café literario. (adj.) proprio de este tipo de persona. ¿Que piensas de la ideología chaira?

A very quick translation:

Chairo (a)
"A young person who claims to be against globalization, to be a naturalist, ecologist and works to help the disadvantaged but is contradictory, incongruent. In Mexico City they organized a protest march for peace but the majority of them did not participate because that same day they were opening a literary cafe.

I found the same thing vicente (and the other meaning as well). Here there's an interesting .jpg with all the different tribes or groups in Mexico, and for chairos says: mota (mexican term for marijuana) + anti-imperialism + in favour of aborigens and suntan = CHAIROS
http://spacioleve.blogspot.com/2008/...-post-con.html

http://bp1.blogger.com/__3FYBiquATg/...l_chilango.jpg

Maybe we should wait for a Mexican member of the forum for his/her opinion, just don't jump to premature conclusions about your friends.

Hope it helps!

I read all your posts. I'm not at all into ecology. Not much of a hippie, but I ride my bike to work. I asked them today if the meanings I found rang a bell to any of them. They vehemently denied those meanings, both jerk-off and eco-freak.
They told me today that it means I look sleepy at work sometimes, or spaced out. This makes some sense since I work alot and am often tired.

I think they were scared I was going to get them in trouble. None of them have papers and they work 16 hour days 6 days a week. They can't afford to lose their jobs...but they swore it didn't mean either of those definitions.

I don't know enough spanish to understand all of vicente's last post, but i understand the part in red.

Thank you for all your help. I'm glad they finally fessed up and told me what 'chaira' meant. It's interesting to see so many different meanings for one little word.

Originally Posted by jen

I read all your posts. I'm not at all into ecology. Not much of a hippie, but I ride my bike to work. I asked them today if the meanings I found rang a bell to any of them. They vehemently denied those meanings, both jerk-off and eco-freak.
They told me today that it means I look sleepy at work sometimes, or spaced out. This makes some sense since I work alot and am often tired.

I think they were scared I was going to get them in trouble. None of them have papers and they work 16 hour days 6 days a week. They can't afford to lose their jobs...but they swore it didn't mean either of those definitions.

Hi jen!
Maybe a chaida or chaido has a sleepy look since, according to the .jpg file I posted before, smokes marijauna and looks like gone (you say you usually look sleepy and spaced out, so... maybe). The article says -that's exactly what Vicente mentions- that no one knows 100% what a chaido is. There are so many groups they don't even know themselves

If they are scared , I think this is your best chance to ask them not to call you names since you already have one given at birth

Hope it helps jen! Good luck in your job!

A "chaira" is a tool used to sharpen a knife. In English it is referred to as a "steel." This tool is commonly used in meat packing plants and slaughter houses, and of course by butchers. This is what one looks like, although there are many different shapes and sizes: Wusthof 9" Interrupted Diamond Sharpening Steel / Knife Sharpener, Manual Knife Sharpeners, Cutlery Sets