chorro

== Romani == === Adjective === chorro (feminine chorri, plural chorre) Anglicized form of ćorro == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoro/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ro] Rhymes: -oro Syllabification: cho‧rro === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic. ==== Noun ==== chorro m (plural chorros) flow; jet (Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Canary Islands) tap; faucet (colloquial, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic) ton, tons; bunch; pile Synonym: montón (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Canary Islands) diarrhea Me dio chorro y bajé 6kg en una semana. ― I got the runs and lost 6kg in a week. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: jorro→ Japanese: じょろ ===== See also ===== choro === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Romani ćorro (“poor”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Noun ==== chorro m (plural chorros) (Chile, slang) a poor person, ghetto, a criminal (Chile, colloquial) coin purse (Argentina, colloquial, Lunfardo) thief === Further reading === “chorro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “chorro”, 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 “chorro”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010