What is "cheli"

Cheli, according to the Royal Spanish Academy, is the jargon with elements of certain traditional working class districts of Madrid, Spain, such as Lavapiés and Atocha in the southern part of the old city (close to cockney culture of London's East End), together with marginal and counter-cultural elements.

Cheli, mainly a juvenile jargon, especially strong in the early 1980s, is linked to the movement called movida in Madrid. It is still used by some people and despite its limited semantic fields, related to marginality, parties, drugs, nightlife and friendship several words have been accepted by the Royal Spanish Academy, due to its wide expansion.

José Manuel González Ortiz (born 29 January 1979), known as Cheli, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Cheli is jargon found in Madrid, Spain.

Cheli may also refer to:

• Cheli (surname)
• Cheli (footballer) (born 1979), Spanish footballer
• Cheli, Iran (disambiguation)

Cheli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Giovanni Cheli (1918–2013), Italian Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal
• Maurizio Cheli (born 1959), Italian air force officer and astronaut
• Ralph Cheli (1919–1944), United States Army Air Forces officer and Medal of Honor recipient