choro
See also: chorro and chôro
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese choro (“lament”).
Noun
choro (usually uncountable, plural choros)
- (music) A genre of Brazilian popular music
Further reading
choro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Oroch
Latin
Noun
chorō
- dative/ablative singular of chorus
Portuguese
Etymology 1
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.
Alternative forms
- chôro (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃo.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃo.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: cho‧ro
Noun
choro m (plural choros)
- crying
- Synonym: pranto
- cry
- wailing
- (music) choro (Brazilian popular music genre)
- Synonym: chorinho
Related terms
- chorar
Further reading
- choro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɔ.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: cho‧ro
Verb
choro
- first-person singular present indicative of chorar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoɾo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -oɾo
- Syllabification: cho‧ro
Etymology 1
From Quechua churu (“elegant person”).
Alternative forms
- chorro
Adjective
choro (feminine chora, masculine plural choros, feminine plural choras)
- (Chile, colloquial) cool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
- ¡Qué choro! Me lo llevo.
- How cool, I'll take it!
- (Chile, colloquial) brave and/or aggressive
- Synonym: fresco
Derived terms
- chori
Noun
choro m (plural choros)
- (South America) mussel
- Synonym: mejillón
- (Chile, vulgar) vulva
- Synonym: vulva
- (Chile) Chilean mussel
Derived terms
- chorear
- choreza
- achorado
Etymology 2
From Caló choro (“thief”), from Romani ćor, from Sanskrit चोर (cora, “thief”).
Noun
choro m (plural choros, feminine chora, feminine plural choras)
- (South America, Spain, vulgar) petty thief, pickpocket
- Synonyms: ladronzuelo, chorizo, ratero, carterista
- (Mexico, colloquial) lip service, empty talk
- (Mexico, colloquial) charlatan, quack
- Synonym: charlatán
Further reading
- “choro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014