chulo

== Galician == === Adjective === chulo (feminine chula, masculine plural chulos, feminine plural chulas) cute, pretty, lovely (colloquial) cocky Synonyms: arrogante, petulante === Noun === chulo m (plural chulos) pimp Synonym: bagaxeiro == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ulu Hyphenation: chu‧lo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish chulo. ==== Adjective ==== chulo (feminine chula, masculine plural chulos, feminine plural chulas) (of language or words) coarse; vulgar; obscene Synonyms: obsceno, vulgar, de baixo calão (of people or their actions and attitude) vulgar; obscene; distasteful Synonyms: obsceno, vulgar ==== Noun ==== chulo m (plural chulos) a term in foul language, profanity (Portugal) pimp (prostitution solicitor) Synonyms: cafetão, proxeneta === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== chulo first-person singular present indicative of chular === References === === Further reading === “chulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ciullo, a now-obsolete shortening of Italian fanciullo, a diminutive based ultimately on Latin īnfāns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃulo/ [ˈt͡ʃu.lo] Rhymes: -ulo Syllabification: chu‧lo === Adjective === chulo (feminine chula, masculine plural chulos, feminine plural chulas, superlative chulísimo) (of actions) cute, pretty, lovely, cool, nifty Synonyms: guapo, mono, cuqui, bonito, genial; see also Thesaurus:guay (Spain, colloquial, of people) cocky (overly confident, arrogant and boastful) Synonyms: chulito, engreído, arrogante, petulante, altanero (Chile, colloquial) ordinary, common, vulgar, rascal Synonyms: ordinario, rasca, chuliento, mugriento, flaite ==== Usage notes ==== Chulo is to define actions and means cute, but in people it means cocky. To describe an action as cocky one uses chulesco. For example, "una jugada chula" means "a cute play" while "una jugada chulesca" means "a cocky play". ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: xulo → Portuguese: chulo === Noun === chulo m (plural chulos) (Spain) pimp Synonyms: proxeneta, rufián, cabrón, cafiche, alcahuete (Venezuela, colloquial) freeloader, mooch Synonyms: gorrón, parásito, lambucio, golillero, oportunista (bullfighting) a bullfighter's assistant === Further reading === “chulo”, 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 “chulo”, 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 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “chulo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 405