chocho

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See also: chōchō and chồ chồ

English

Etymology

Of Caribbean Spanish origin, ultimately from an indigenous South American word. Compare also Réunion French chouchou.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

chocho (plural chochos)

  1. (Caribbean) A chayote.

Anagrams

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

chocho

  1. a kind of fruit (Astrocaryum mexicanum)

References

  • Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 40

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fluxus. Doublet of frouxo and fluxo.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -oʃu, (Northern Portugal) -ot͡ʃu
  • Hyphenation: cho‧cho

Adjective

chocho (feminine chocha, masculine plural chochos, feminine plural chochas, comparable, comparative mais chocho, superlative o mais chocho or chochíssimo, diminutive chochinho)

  1. (figuratively) dispirited, unenergetic, lethargic

References

  1. ^ “chocho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “chocho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Purepecha

Noun

chocho

  1. Obsolete spelling of chóchu

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -otʃo
  • Syllabification: cho‧cho

Etymology 1

From Mozarabic xauxu, from Latin salsus (“salty”).

Noun

chocho m (plural chochos)

  1. lupin beans, lupin fruit
  2. cinnamon sweet

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from etymology 3. See also chocha.

Noun

chocho m (plural chochos)

  1. (vulgar, slang) cunt

Etymology 3

Perhaps related to clueco (and Italian chioccio) or Basque txotxo.

Adjective

chocho (feminine chocha, masculine plural chochos, feminine plural chochas)

  1. senile, doddery
  2. sentimental, soft
  3. (Central America, colloquial) Nicaraguan

Noun

chocho m (plural chochos)

  1. (colloquial) drug addict
  2. (Central America, colloquial) Nicaraguan
  3. (Mexico, colloquial) pill

References

Further reading

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Noun

chocho

  1. top (spinning toy)
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