chorrocientos

Spanish

Etymology

From chorro (“flow, tap, tons”) +‎ cientos (“hundreds”), modeled after doscientos, trescientos, cuatrocientos, […] .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoroˈθjentos/ [t͡ʃo.roˈθjẽn̪.t̪os] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoroˈsjentos/ [t͡ʃo.roˈsjẽn̪.t̪os] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -entos
  • Syllabification: cho‧rro‧cien‧tos

Adjective

chorrocientos (feminine chorrocientas, plurale tantum)

  1. (childish) zillion

Further reading

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