chorrocientos

Spanish

Etymology

From chorro (“flow, tap, tons”) +‎ cientos (“hundreds”), modeled after doscientos, trescientos, cuatrocientos, […] .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /t͡ʃoroˈθjentos/ [t͡ʃo.roˈθjẽn̪.t̪os]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /t͡ʃoroˈsjentos/ [t͡ʃo.roˈsjẽn̪.t̪os]
• Rhymes: -entos
• Syllabification: cho‧rro‧cien‧tos

Adjective

chorrocientos (feminine chorrocientas, plurale tantum)

1. (childish) zillion

Further reading

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