choro

Borrowed from Portuguese choro (“lament”).

choro (usually uncountable, plural choros)

1. (music) A genre of Brazilian popular music

• choro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

chorō

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

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.

• chôro (obsolete)

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.ɾu/

choro m (plural choros)

1. crying

   Synonym: pranto

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

   Synonym: chorinho

• chorar

• choro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.ɾu/

choro

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoɾo/

From Quechua churu (“elegant person”).

• chorro

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

1. (Chile, colloquial) cool

   ¡Qué choro!, me lo llevo. ― How cool, I'll take it!

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

   Synonym: fresco

• chori

choro m (plural choros)

1. (South America) mussel
2. (Chile, vulgar) vulva

• (mussel): mejillón
• (vulva): vulva

• chorear
• choreza
• achorado

From Caló choro (“thief”).

choro m (plural choros)

1. (South America, Spain, vulgar) thief

   Synonyms: ladrón, chorizo

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

   Synonym: charlatán

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