chelo
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃelo/
chelo is spelled C-H-E-L-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chelo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a blonde, fair-skinned, blue-eyed person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento musical de cuerda frotada, perteneciente a la familia del violín, y de tamaño y registro entre la…”.
What does chelo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slangblonde, fair-skinned, blue-eyed
noun
- 1
masculineslanga blonde, fair-skinned, blue-eyed person
noun
- 1
masculinecello (musical instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento musical de cuerda frotada, perteneciente a la familia del violín, y de tamaño y registro entre la viola y el contrabajo. Se toca frotando un arco con las cuerdas y con el instrumento sujeto entre las piernas del violonchelista.
noun: 1. Ejecutante de violonchelo₁.
adjective: 1. De piel, ojos y cabello claros.
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 chelo
- chela feminine
- chelos masculine plural
- chelas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chelo?
- /ˈt͡ʃelo/
- [ˈt͡ʃe.lo]
- [ˈt͡ʃelo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chelo in Spanish?
chelo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).