charo
French
Etymology
Clipping of charognard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.ʁo/
Audio: (file)
Noun
charo m or f (plural charos)
- (slang) horndog, person on the prowl (person who is eager for sex)
- 2018 August 4, Lasko Kelvin, “3 Minutes Chrono”[1]:
- Tu lui piques son coeur putain t'es un vrai charo
On visser du trèfle pour des articles à carreaux- To are poaching his heart, blast it, you are a real vulture!
One slangs the clover furtively for wares.
- To are poaching his heart, blast it, you are a real vulture!
See also
Ido
Etymology
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Noun
charo (plural chari)
Derived terms
- chareto (“light two-wheeled cart, cariole, jaunting car”)
Nubi
Etymology
From Luganda e-kyalo.
Noun
cháro
References
- Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -aɾo
- Syllabification: cha‧ro
Adjective
charo (feminine chara, masculine plural charos, feminine plural charas)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, especially of flour) gritty, coarse, grainy; unevenly ground
- Synonyms: charenco, chancaroso
Further reading
- “charo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχarɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχaːrɔ/, /ˈχarɔ/
Verb
charo
- aspirate mutation of caro