cheto

• IPA^(key): /ˈke.to/, /ˈkɛ.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
• Hyphenation: ché‧to, chè‧to

Inherited from Latin qu(i)ētus. Doublet of quieto, which was borrowed.

cheto (feminine cheta, masculine plural cheti, feminine plural chete) (literary or Tuscan)

1. quiet

• chetamente
• chetare
• chetichella

cheto

1. first-person singular present indicative of chetare

• cheto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeto/ [ˈt͡ʃe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: che‧to

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

cheto (feminine cheta, masculine plural chetos, feminine plural chetas)

1. (Rioplatense) great, sweet, brill
2. (Rioplatense) posh, snobbish

cheto m (plural chetos, feminine cheta, feminine plural chetas)

1. (Rioplatense) rich person

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cheto m (plural chetos)

1. (Colombia) bus

   Synonyms: bus, buseta

   ir en cheto ― go by bus

Borrowed from English cheat as in a videogame exploit.

cheto (feminine cheta, masculine plural chetos, feminine plural chetas)

1. (video games, slang) very powerful

   Synonym: chetado

Borrowed from English Cheeto.

cheto m (plural chetos)

1. a Cheeto

• “cheto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “cheto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010