cholo
pronunciation
How to pronounce cholo in British English:
UK [ˈtʃəʊləʊ]
How to pronounce cholo in American English:
US [ ˈtʃoʊloʊ]
Word Origin
- Cholo
- "Indian or mixed-race person of Latin America" (fem. Chola), 1851, from American Spanish (c. 1600), said to be from Nahuatl (Aztecan) xolotl "dog, mutt." Proposed derivation from Mexican city of Cholula seems too late, if this is the same word. In U.S., used of lower-class Mexican immigrants, but by 1970s the word began to be embraced in Latino gang slang in a positive sense.
Example
- 1. Some cholo kicked me in the head .
- 2. Who knew it came in " cholo " ?
- 3. This last word , francisco explained , was the rough english equivalent of campesino or cholo , only it referred to rural white people .