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chollo

Spanish, noun

chollo is spelled C-H-O-L-L-O (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,926th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chollo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bargain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chollar. With an accent, cholló is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of chollar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquier cosa de poco coste”.

What does chollo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinebargain

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculineplum, easy job

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of chollar

verb

as cholló
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of chollar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cualquier cosa de poco coste. 2. Cualquier situación muy ventajosa o que reporta mucho beneficio sin casi esfuerzo.

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 chollo

  • chollos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to chollo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chollo in Spanish?

chollo appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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