See cholo on Wiktionary
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"text": "Mi hijo ya se está poniendo cholo ahora que va al gimnasio.",
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"english": "Yes, he's pretty good in taekwondo. He's been going four days a week for years.",
"text": "Sí, él es bien cholo en taekwondo. Ha estado yendo cuatro días a la semana por años.",
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"word": "mestizo"
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{
"word": "marero"
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{
"word": "gángster"
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"US",
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"masculine"
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"Spanish derogatory terms"
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"(colloquial, derogatory, Chile) a person from Peru or Bolivia, especially if they have Quechua or indigenous features"
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"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃolo/"
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"of mixed indigenous and European or mestizo descent"
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"uncultured, poorly educated"
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"Mexico",
"Paraguay",
"Peru",
"colloquial",
"derogatory"
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"Mexican Spanish",
"Panamanian Spanish",
"Peruvian Spanish"
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"(of an Amerindian) adopting Western customs and norms"
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"Mexico",
"Panama",
"Peru"
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"Ecuadorian Spanish",
"Spanish colloquialisms"
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"in bad taste, offensive"
],
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"offensive"
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"(colloquial, Ecuador, Bolivia) in bad taste, offensive"
],
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"Bolivia",
"Ecuador",
"colloquial"
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"Spanish colloquialisms",
"Spanish terms with usage examples"
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"english": "My son is getting ripped now that he goes to the gym.",
"text": "Mi hijo ya se está poniendo cholo ahora que va al gimnasio.",
"translation": "My son is getting ripped now that he goes to the gym.",
"type": "example"
}
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"ripped, with defined muscles"
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[
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"(colloquial, El Salvador) ripped, with defined muscles"
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"word": "musculoso"
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{
"word": "cholotón"
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],
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"El-Salvador",
"colloquial"
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17,
21
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"english": "Yes, he's pretty good in taekwondo. He's been going four days a week for years.",
"text": "Sí, él es bien cholo en taekwondo. Ha estado yendo cuatro días a la semana por años.",
"translation": "Yes, he's pretty good in taekwondo. He's been going four days a week for years.",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"skillful (especially in a sport, but also figuratively in a dancing style, chess or a science)"
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"sport",
"sport#English"
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[
"dancing",
"dancing#English"
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[
"style",
"style#English"
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[
"chess",
"chess#English"
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[
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"(colloquial, El Salvador) skillful (especially in a sport, but also figuratively in a dancing style, chess or a science)"
],
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{
"word": "diestro"
},
{
"word": "habilidoso"
}
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"colloquial"
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"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃolo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.lo]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-olo"
}
],
"word": "cholo"
}
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