different between chiro vs choro

English

Etymology

Shortening of chiropractor, chiropractic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ka?.?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ka?.???/
• Homophone: Cairo
• Rhymes: -a????

Noun

chiro (countable and uncountable, plural chiros)

1. (informal, countable) A chiropractor.
2. (informal, uncountable) Chiropractic.

Anagrams

• choir, chori, ichor

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• chiãro

Etymology

From Greek ?????? (kairós).

Noun

chiro m (definite articulation chirolu)

1. time

See also

• etã, vãcãti, zãmani
• oarã

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (iro, “color”).

Noun

chiro

1. color, dye

   Synonym: bedengel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese choro (“lament”).

Noun

choro (usually uncountable, plural choros)

1. (music) A genre of Brazilian popular music

Further reading

• choro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Oroch

Latin

Noun

chor?

1. dative singular of chorus
2. ablative singular of chorus

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Back-formation from chorar. For the origin of the music sense there exist various theories:

• a fusion of choro (from chorar) and Latin chorus
• a corruption of choromeleiros, musicians during the Brazilian colonial period
• a corruption of xolo, a type of dance from Brazilian fazendas.

Alternative forms

• chôro (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /??o.?u/

Noun

choro m (plural choros)

1. crying

   Synonym: pranto

2. cry
3. wailing
4. (music) choro (Brazilian popular music genre)

   Synonym: chorinho

Related terms

• chorar

Further reading

• choro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.?u/

Verb

choro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of chorar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??o?o/, [?t??o.?o]

Etymology 1

From Quechua churu (“elegant person”).

Alternative forms

• chorro

Adjective

choro (feminine chora, masculine plural choros, feminine plural choras)

1. (Chile, colloquial) cool

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay

2. (Chile, colloquial) brave and/or aggressive

   Synonym: fresco

Derived terms

• chori

Noun

choro m (plural choros)

1. (South America) mussel

   Synonym: mejillón

2. (Chile, vulgar) vulva

   Synonym: vulva

3. (Chile) Chilean mussel

Derived terms

• chorear
• choreza
• achorado

Etymology 2

From Caló choro (“thief”), from Romani ?or, from Sanskrit ??? (cora, “thief”).

Noun

choro m (plural choros)

1. (South America, Spain, vulgar) petty thief, pickpocket

   Synonyms: ladronzuelo, chorizo, ratero, carterista

2. (Mexico, colloquial) lip service, empty talk
3. (Mexico, colloquial) charlatan, quack

   Synonym: charlatán

Further reading

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