choro

Borrowed from Portuguese choro (“lament”).

choro (usually uncountable, plural choros)

1. (music) A genre of Brazilian popular music

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choro

1. first-person singular present indicative of chorar

chorō

1. dative/ablative singular of chorus

Deverbal from chorar. For the origin of the music sense there exist various theories:

• a fusion of choro (from chorar) and Latin chorus
• a corruption of choromeleiros, musicians during the Brazilian colonial period
• a corruption of xolo, a type of dance from Brazilian fazendas.

• chôro (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: cho‧ro

choro m (plural choros)

1. crying

   Synonym: pranto

2. cry
3. wailing
4. (music) choro (Brazilian popular music genre)

   Synonym: chorinho

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: cho‧ro

choro

1. first-person singular present indicative of chorar

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoɾo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: cho‧ro

Borrowed from Quechua churu (“elegant person”).

• chorro

choro (feminine chora, masculine plural choros, feminine plural choras)

1. (Chile, colloquial) cool

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay

   ¡Qué choro! Me lo llevo.

   How cool, I'll take it!

2. (Chile, colloquial) brave and/or aggressive

   Synonym: fresco

choro m (plural choros)

1. (South America) mussel

   Synonym: mejillón

2. (Chile, vulgar) vulva

   Synonym: vulva

3. (Chile) Chilean mussel

Borrowed from Caló choro (“thief”), from Romani ćor, from Sanskrit चोर (cora, “thief”).

choro m (plural choros, feminine chora, feminine plural choras)

1. (South America, Spain, vulgar) petty thief, pickpocket

   Synonyms: ladronzuelo, chorizo, ratero, carterista

2. (Mexico, colloquial) lip service, empty talk
3. (Mexico, colloquial) charlatan, quack

   Synonym: charlatán

choro (feminine chora, masculine plural choros, feminine plural choras)

1. (El Salvador, of an egg) rotten, especially if dead-in-shell

• “choro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “choro”, 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