"chelo" meaning in Spanish

See chelo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃelo/, [ˈt͡ʃe.lo] Forms: chela [feminine], chelos [masculine, plural], chelas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -elo Etymology: Derived from Yucatec Maya chel. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:der|yua:chel|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Yucatec Maya", "term" : "chel", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "yua" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "chelo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="chelo"> Derived from Yucatec Maya chel., {{ety|es|:der|yua:chel|text=+|tree=1}} Derived from Yucatec Maya chel. Head templates: {{es-adj}} chelo (feminine chela, masculine plural chelos, feminine plural chelas)
  1. (Central America, slang) blonde, fair-skinned, blue-eyed Tags: Central-America, slang Synonyms: rubio
    Sense id: en-chelo-es-adj-iUihZxip Categories (other): Central American Spanish, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 52 48 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 53 47 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 48 52 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 53 47 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 48 49 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃelo/, [ˈt͡ʃe.lo] Forms: chelos [plural], chela [feminine], chelas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -elo Etymology: Derived from Yucatec Maya chel. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:der|yua:chel|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Yucatec Maya", "term" : "chel", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "yua" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "chelo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="chelo"> Derived from Yucatec Maya chel., {{ety|es|:der|yua:chel|text=+|tree=1}} Derived from Yucatec Maya chel. Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} chelo m (plural chelos, feminine chela, feminine plural chelas)
  1. (Central America, slang) a blonde, fair-skinned, blue-eyed person Tags: Central-America, masculine, slang Related terms: chele, güero, gringo
    Sense id: en-chelo-es-noun-ISCitEpY Categories (other): Central American Spanish, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 52 48 Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 53 47 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 48 52 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 53 47 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 48 49 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃelo/, [ˈt͡ʃe.lo] Forms: chelos [plural]
Rhymes: -elo Etymology: Shortening of violonchelo. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} chelo m (plural chelos)
  1. cello (musical instrument) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chelo-es-noun-HtXf9iwQ Categories (other): Musical instruments Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 24 21 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃelo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃe.lo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elo"
    }
  ],
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    },
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.