choro

See also: chorro and chôro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese choro (“lament”).

Noun

choro (usually uncountable, plural choros)

1. (music) A genre of Brazilian popular music

Further reading

• choro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Oroch

Galician

Verb

choro

1. first-person singular present indicative of chorar

Latin

Noun

chorō

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.ɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃo.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: cho‧ro

Noun

choro m (plural choros)

1. crying

   Synonym: pranto

2. cry
3. wailing
4. (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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: cho‧ro

Verb

choro

1. first-person singular present indicative of chorar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoɾo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ɾo]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: cho‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua churu (“elegant person”).

Alternative forms

• chorro

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• chori

 

Noun

choro m (plural choros)

1. (South America) mussel

   Synonym: mejillón

2. (Chile, vulgar) vulva

   Synonym: vulva

3. (Chile) Chilean mussel

Derived terms

• achorado
• chorear
• choreza

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

Adjective

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

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

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10
• “choro” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010