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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

Etymology

See chore (“steal”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: chore

Verb

chor (third-person singular simple present chors, present participle chorrin, simple past and past participle chorred)

1. (Tyneside) Alternative form of chore (“to steal”).

Anagrams

• OCHR, Roch

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese *chor, from Latin fl?rem, accusative of fl?s, from Proto-Italic *fl?s, from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“flower, blossom”), from *b?el- (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??o?/

Noun

chor f (plural chores)

1. (literary) Alternative form of flor

Related terms

• chorima
• chorir

References

• “chor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “chor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x???/

Noun

chor

1. Lenited form of cor.

Verb

chor

1. past analytic of cor

Kalenjin

Verb

chor

1. to steal

Derived terms

• chorin
• chorindet

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (cor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?o?/

Noun

chor

1. thief; robber; fraudster

• Synonym: voler

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xor/

Noun

chor

1. Lenited form of cor.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese *chor, from Latin fl?rem, accusative of fl?s, from Proto-Italic *fl?s, from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“flower, blossom”), from *b?el- (“to bloom”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??o?/
• Hyphenation: chor

Noun

chor f (plural chores)

1. (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of flor

Derived terms

• chorume

Romani

Noun

chor m (plural chora)

1. Alternative form of ?or.

Spanish

Etymology

From English short.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??o?/, [?t??o?]

Noun

chor m (plural chores or chors)

1. hot pants (pantalón corto)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r/

Noun

chor

1. Aspirate mutation of cor.

Mutation