acholo
Spanish, noun
acholo is spelled A-C-H-O-L-O (6 letters). Acholo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of acholar. With an accent, acholó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of acholar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Azoramiento, turbación, vergüenza”.
What does acholo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshame
Sus grandes dientes blancos separados brillaban en su cara morena, más morena por el acholo.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of acholar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of acholar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Azoramiento, turbación, vergüenza.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acholo
- acholos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to acholo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.