# choro
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese choro (“lament”).

### Noun

choro (usually uncountable, plural choros)
* (music) A genre of Brazilian popular music

### Further reading

* choro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Oroch

## Galician
### Verb

choro
* first-person singular present indicative of chorar

## Latin
### Noun

chorō
* dative/ablative singular of chorus

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Deverbal 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 (pre-reform)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃo.ɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃo.ɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃo.ɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃo.ɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃo.ɾu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃo.ɾu/
* Hyphenation: cho‧ro

#### Noun

choro m (plural choros)
* crying
    Synonym: pranto
* cry
* wailing
* (music) choro (Brazilian popular music genre)
    Synonym: chorinho

##### Related terms

* chorar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɔ.ɾu/
* Hyphenation: cho‧ro

#### Verb

choro
* first-person singular present indicative of chorar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoɾo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ɾo]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾo
* Syllabification: cho‧ro

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua churu (“elegant person”).

#### Alternative forms

* chorro

#### Adjective

choro (feminine chora, masculine plural choros, feminine plural choras)
* (Chile, colloquial) cool
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
    ¡Qué choro! Me lo llevo.How cool, I'll take it!
* (Chile, colloquial) brave and/or aggressive
    Synonym: fresco

##### Derived terms

* chori

#### Noun

choro m (plural choros)
* (South America) mussel
    Synonym: mejillón
* (Chile, vulgar) vulva
    Synonym: vulva
* (Chile) Chilean mussel

##### Derived terms

* achorado
* chorear
* choreza

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Caló choro (“thief”), from Romani ćor, from Sanskrit चोर (cora, “thief”).

#### Noun

choro m (plural choros, feminine chora, feminine plural choras)
* (South America, Spain, vulgar) petty thief, pickpocket
    Synonyms: ladronzuelo, chorizo, ratero, carterista
* (Mexico, colloquial) lip service, empty talk
* (Mexico, colloquial) charlatan, quack
    Synonym: charlatán

#### Adjective

choro (feminine chora, masculine plural choros, feminine plural choras)
* (El Salvador, of an egg) rotten, especially if dead-in-shell

### Further reading

* “choro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “choro”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010