Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [choh-loh]
- /ˈtʃoʊ loʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [choh-loh]
- /ˈtʃoʊ loʊ/
Definitions of cholo word
- noun cholo a person who is descended from both European and Native American parents 3
- noun cholo a disparaging term for a lower-class person of Mexican descent 3
- noun cholo a tough or thug-like person of Mexican descent 3
- noun cholo a mestizo or Native American, esp one who has moved from a rural area to the city 3
- noun cholo pachuco 3
- noun plural cholo (especially among Mexican-Americans) a teenage boy who is a member of a street gang. 1
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Origin of cholo
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < Mexican Spanish: mestizo, peasant, allegedly shortening of Cholollán (< Nahuatl Cholōllān, modern Cholula), a city-state in pre-conquest Mexico
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Parts of speech for Cholo
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cholo popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cholo usage trend in Literature
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