chorear
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃoɾeˈaɾ/
chorear is spelled C-H-O-R-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chorear is a Spanish verb meaning “to steal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Robar sin violencia y con disimulo”.
What does chorear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialvulgarto steal
- 2
to bug, to piss off
- 3
Mexicoto tell exaggerated tales
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Robar sin violencia y con disimulo. 2. Robar en general. 3. Carterear. 4. Provocar la irritación o enfado de alguno.
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 chorear
- choreo first-person present singular
- choreé first-person preterite singular
- choreado participle past
- choreando gerund
- choreada feminine participle past
- choreados masculine participle past
- choreadas feminine participle past
- choreas indicative informal present
- choreás indicative informal present
- chorea indicative present singular
- choreamos first-person indicative plural
- choreáis indicative plural present
- chorean indicative plural present
- choreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- choreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- choreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- choreabais imperfect indicative plural
- choreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chorear?
- /t͡ʃoɾeˈaɾ/
- [t͡ʃo.ɾeˈaɾ]
- [t͡ʃoɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chorear in Spanish?
chorear appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).