La Chingada, Veracruz

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La Chingada, Veracruz
Town
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Location in Veracruz
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La Chingada, Veracruz (Mexico)
Coordinates: 19°27′20″N97°19′48″W / 19.45556°N 97.33000°W / 19.45556; -97.33000
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Flag of Veracruz.svg  Veracruz
Region Capital Region
Municipality Perote
Population
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7,000

La Chingada is a town in the municipality of Perote in the Mexican state of Veracruz. [1]

The place is famous for its name, the Mexican Spanish vulgarism La Chingada . It means, roughly, 'the fucked', a vulgar but common reference to La Malinche, the Nahua interpreter of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico. The term "La Chingada" is used in a variety of mostly offensive or vulgar meanings, Vete a la Chingada means, for example something like 'go to hell'.

Although there are several places in Mexico called La Chingada, this is the best known.

References

  1. Pérez, Beatriz (11 March 2023). "20 pueblos con los nombres más raros del mundo". 20 minutos (in Spanish).