"cholla" meaning in Spanish

See cholla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoʝa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa], /ˈt͡ʃoʝa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa], /ˈt͡ʃoʎa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʎa], /ˈt͡ʃoʃa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʃa], /ˈt͡ʃoʒa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʒa], /ˈt͡ʃoja/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ja] Forms: chollas [plural]
Rhymes: -oʝa, -oʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain), -oʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines), -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs), -oʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay), -oja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama)) Etymology: Possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *keula (“mace”), earlier "lump, lump of coal," from Proto-Germanic *kulą. Etymology templates: {{bor|es|fro|cholle||head}} Old French cholle (“head”), {{der|es|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|es|frk|*keula|t=mace}} Frankish *keula (“mace”), {{der|es|gem-pro|*kulą}} Proto-Germanic *kulą Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} cholla f (plural chollas)
  1. cholla (cactus) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cholla-es-noun-SP~~AqEU
  2. (figurative) reason, understanding Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cholla-es-noun-voQVwQpE
  3. (colloquial, Honduras) head Tags: Honduras, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-cholla-es-noun-ny5tM6Nx Categories (other): Honduran Spanish
  4. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) laziness Tags: El-Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-cholla-es-noun-CKHYFQmJ Categories (other): Guatemalan Spanish, Honduran Spanish, Salvadoran Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoʝa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa], /ˈt͡ʃoʝa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa], /ˈt͡ʃoʎa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʎa], /ˈt͡ʃoʃa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʃa], /ˈt͡ʃoʒa/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ʒa], /ˈt͡ʃoja/, [ˈt͡ʃo.ja]
Rhymes: -oʝa, -oʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain), -oʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines), -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs), -oʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay), -oja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama)) Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} cholla
  1. inflection of chollar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: chollar
    Sense id: en-cholla-es-verb-zhK0pMrf Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Body parts, Cacti Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 7 2 2 75 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 4 1 1 86 6 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 19 1 60 14 Disambiguation of Body parts: 3 7 3 3 74 9 Disambiguation of Cacti: 18 3 3 3 62 10
  2. inflection of chollar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: chollar
    Sense id: en-cholla-es-verb-GmPr0msU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "es",
        "2": "fro",
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      "name": "bor"
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʎa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʎa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʃa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʒa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʒa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoja/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ja]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʝa"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-oja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))"
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          "chollar#Spanish"
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          "chollar#Spanish"
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʎa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʎa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʃa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʒa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʒa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoja/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ja]"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-oja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))"
    }
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          "cholla",
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        "feminine"
      ]
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        "reason, understanding"
      ],
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        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
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          "understanding",
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        "(figurative) reason, understanding"
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        "(colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) laziness"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʎa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʎa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʃa]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʒa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʒa]"
    },
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    },
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʝa/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʝa]"
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʎa/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʎa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʃa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoʒa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ʒa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃoja/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃo.ja]"
    },
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    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oja (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cholla"
}

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