different between choro vs choo

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.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?u?]

Noun

choo (plural choos)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of a locomotive whistle

   We could hear the choo choo choo

Usage notes

Almost always repeated in use, as in the example given.

Derived terms

• choo-choo

Anagrams

• coho, ooch

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• cha, cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme

Etymology

From Old High German kweman, chuman, from Proto-Germanic *kweman?. Compare German kommen, Dutch komen, English come, Icelandic koma, Gothic ???????????????????? (qiman).

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /xo?/

Verb

choo (third-person singular simple present chunt, past participle choo, past subjunctive cheem, auxiliary sii)

1. to come
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     He, Fritz, chunsch mit is?

     Hey, Fritz, you coming with us?

   • 1966, Georg Thürer, ‘Im Landsgmei-Ring’, Rund umme Blattetisch, p, 12:

     «Frigg, chunsch au a d Landsgmei?» rüeft der Balz uf em Brüggli vum Büehlhuus.

     ‘Frigg, will you be coming to the Landsgemeinde too?’ Balz called from the steps of the Bühlhaus.

   • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Chunt er aigentlich zu dir hai?

     Is he actually coming to you at home?

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.

Manx

Noun

choo

1. Lenited form of coo.

Sekani

Noun

choo

1. (in some dialects) Alternative form of too (“water”)

References

• Sharon Hargus, Documenting for revitalization: Kwadacha Tsek'ene, a case study (2014)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

choo (ki-vi class, plural vyoo)

1. toilet, water closet, latrine
2. excrement
3. earthworm

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

Cognate with San Juan Colorado Mixtec tyòò.

Noun

choo

1. crab

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)?^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 8