cholco

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃolko/ [ˈt͡ʃol.ko]
Rhymes: -olko
Syllabification: chol‧co

Adjective

cholco (feminine cholca, masculine plural cholcos, feminine plural cholcas)

(colloquial, El Salvador) missing at least one tooth
Synonyms: (El Salvador) shashaco, (Mexico) chimuelo

El accidente de auto me dejó cholco.
The car accident made me lose at least one tooth.

Noun

cholco m (plural cholcos, feminine cholca, feminine plural cholcas)

(colloquial, El Salvador) a person missing at least one tooth
Synonym: (Mexico) chimuelo

Further reading

“cholco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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