chorro

See also: choro

Romani

Adjective

chorro (feminine chorri, plural chorre)

Anglicized form of ćorro

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoro/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ro]
Rhymes: -oro
Syllabification: cho‧rro

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Noun

chorro m (plural chorros)

flow; jet
tap; faucet
(Mexico, colloquial) ton, tons; bunch; pile
Synonym: montón
(Mexico, colloquial) diarrhea

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Portuguese: jorro

See also

choro

Etymology 2

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

Noun

chorro m (plural chorros)

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

Further reading

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

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