chollo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈt͡ʃoʝo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈt͡ʃoʎo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈt͡ʃoʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈt͡ʃoʒo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʒo]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

Syllabification: cho‧llo

Etymology 1

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Noun

chollo m (plural chollos)

(colloquial) bargain
Synonyms: bicoca, ganga
- 2013 November 7, “A la caza del ofertón en coches de segunda mano”, in Cinco Días‎:
  Pero lo que verdaderamente interesa es encontrar la ganga, el chollo, el ofertón.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(colloquial) plum, easy job

See also

cholo

Verb

chollo

first-person singular present indicative of chollar

Further reading

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

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