chorro

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See also: choro

Romani

Adjective

chorro (feminine chorri, plural chorre)

  1. Anglicized form of ćorro

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoro/
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Syllabification: cho‧rro

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Noun

chorro m (plural chorros)

  1. flow; jet
  2. tap; faucet
  3. (colloquial, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic) ton, tons; bunch; pile
    Synonym: montón
  4. (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) diarrhea
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: jorro
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani ćorro (“poor”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

chorro m (plural chorros)

  1. (Chile, slang) a poor person, ghetto, a criminal
  2. (Chile, colloquial) coin purse
  3. (Argentina, colloquial, Lunfardo) thief

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