chocho
English
Etymology
Of Caribbean Spanish origin, ultimately from an indigenous South American word. Compare also Réunion French chouchou.
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Anagrams
Mecayapan Nahuatl
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃo/
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
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃo.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃo.ʃo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃo.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃo.t͡ʃu/
- 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)
- (figuratively) dispirited, unenergetic, lethargic
References
- “chocho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “chocho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Purepecha
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -otʃo
- Syllabification: cho‧cho
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Perhaps from etymology 3. See also chocha.
Adjective
chocho (feminine chocha, masculine plural chochos, feminine plural chochas)
- senile, doddery
- sentimental, soft
- (Central America, colloquial) Nicaraguan
Noun
chocho m (plural chochos)
- (colloquial) drug addict
- (Central America, colloquial) Nicaraguan
- (Mexico, colloquial) pill
References
Further reading
- “chocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “chocho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 387
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