What Does This Mean?
Widely used Latin American Spanish adjective meaning cool, great or of very good quality, as in "qué chévere". It is common in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the Caribbean, and also works as an adverb ("lo pasamos chévere").
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"«¡Qué chévere quedó la fiesta, nadie quería irse!», dijo."
LORE & ORIGIN
Spanish Wiktionary defines "chévere" as an adjective for very good quality, listing synonyms such as bacán, chido, guay and padre, and regional uses across the Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and El Salvador, plus adverb, noun and food senses elsewhere. It says the origin is uncertain: the word is documented in Cuba from the late 19th century and may come from Igbo or Efik.
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