chollo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʝo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈt͡ʃoʝo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃoʎo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈt͡ʃoʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈt͡ʃoʒo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

• Rhymes: -oʝo
• Rhymes: -oʎo
• Rhymes: -oʃo
• Rhymes: -oʒo

• Syllabification: cho‧llo

Etymology 1

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Noun

chollo m (plural chollos)

1. (colloquial) bargain

   Synonyms: bicoca, ganga

   • 2013 November 7, “A la caza del ofertón en coches de segunda mano”, in Cinco Días‎^[1]:

     Pero lo que verdaderamente interesa es encontrar la ganga, el chollo, el ofertón.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (colloquial) plum, easy job

See also

• cholo

Etymology 2

Verb

chollo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chollar

Further reading

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