cholo

adj.

1 half-breed, half-blood, half-caste.

2 timid.

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cholo, -a

1. ADJ

1) LAm half-breed *, mestizo

2) Chile (=miedoso) cowardly

2. SM / F

1) And, Cono Sur (=mestizo) dark-skinned person

2) CAm (=indio) half-civilized Indian

3) Cono Sur (=indio) Indian

4) LAm (=peruano) Peruvian

5) Cono Sur (=cobarde) coward

6) And [apelativo] darling, honey (EEUU)

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I

-la adjetivo

1) (Andes) of/relating to a cholo II

2) (Chi fam) (tímido, vergonzoso) shy, timid

II

-la masculino, femenino (Andes)

a) (persona) term used throughout Andean region to refer to person of mixed race, sometimes used pejoratively

b) (fam) (apelativo) dear, honey (AmE colloq)

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I

-la adjetivo

1) (Andes) of/relating to a cholo II

2) (Chi fam) (tímido, vergonzoso) shy, timid

II

-la masculino, femenino (Andes)

a) (persona) term used throughout Andean region to refer to person of mixed race, sometimes used pejoratively

b) (fam) (apelativo) dear, honey (AmE colloq)

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cholo¹ -la

adjective

A (Andes); of/relating to a cholo² (↑ cholo (2))

B (Chi fam) (tímido, vergonzoso) shy, timid

cholo² -la

masculine, feminine

(Andes)

1 (persona) term used throughout Andean region to refer to person of mixed race, sometimes used pejoratively

2 (fam) (apelativo) dear, honey (AmE colloq)

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cholo, -a

♦ adj

1. Am [mestizo] mestizo, half-caste

2. Chile [cobarde] cowardly

3. Ven [querido] dear, darling

4. Ecuad [ordinario] poor, common;

¡qué cholo! how common!

♦ nm,f

1. Andes = sometimes pejorative term for mestizo who moves to the city from a rural area

2. Am [mestizo] half-caste, mestizo

3. Am [indio] educated o westernized Indian

4. Chile [cobarde] coward

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cholo

m L.Am.

half-caste desp

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cholo, -la adj & n

: mestizo