chocho

See also: chōchō and chồ chồ

English

Etymology

Of Caribbean Spanish origin, ultimately from an indigenous South American word. Compare also Réunion French chouchou.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

chocho (plural chochos)

1. (Caribbean) A chayote.

Anagrams

• chooch

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Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃo/

Noun

chocho

1. a kind of fruit (Astrocaryum mexicanum)

References

• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 40

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fluxus. Doublet of frouxo and fluxo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.ʃu/, [ˈʃo.ʃu]

• Hyphenation: cho‧cho

Adjective

chocho m (feminine singular chocha, masculine plural chochos, feminine plural chochas, comparable)

1. (figuratively) dispirited, unenergetic, lethargic

Inflection

Inflection of chocho

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	chocho	chocha	chochos	chochas
comparative	mais chocho	mais chocha	mais chochos	mais chochas
superlative	o mais chocho chochíssimo	a mais chocha chochíssima	os mais chochos chochíssimos	as mais chochas chochíssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	chochinho	chochinha	chochinhos	chochinhas

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Purepecha

Noun

chocho

1. Obsolete spelling of chóchu

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃo/, [ˈt͡ʃo.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -otʃo

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from etymology 3.

Noun

chocho m (plural chochos)

1. lupin beans, lupin fruit
2. cinnamon sweet

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from etymology 3. See also chocha.

Noun

chocho m (plural chochos)

1. (vulgar, slang) cunt

Etymology 3

Perhaps related to clueco (and Italian chioccio) or Basque txotxo.

Adjective

chocho (feminine chocha, masculine plural chochos, feminine plural chochas)

1. senile, doddery
2. sentimental, soft
3. (Central America, colloquial) Nicaraguan

Noun

chocho m (plural chochos)

1. (colloquial) drug addict
2. (Central America, colloquial) Nicaraguan
3. (Mexico, colloquial) pill

References

• “chocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991), “chocho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume Ce–F, Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 387

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Wayuu

Noun

chocho

1. top (spinning toy)