chocho
Portuguese, adjective/ˈʃo.ʃu/
chocho is spelled C-H-O-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chocho is a Portuguese adjective meaning “dispirited, unenergetic, lethargic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “seco e engelhado”.
What does chocho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dispirited, unenergetic, lethargic
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. seco e engelhado 2. vazio; sem recheio 3. diz-se do homem velho 4. diz-se do ovo goro
noun: 1. beijoca 2. beijo sonoro e prolongado 3. namoro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chocho
- chocha feminine
- chochos masculine plural
- chochas feminine plural
- mais chocho comparative
- o mais chocho superlative
- chochíssimo superlative
- chochinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chocho?
- Brazil /ˈʃo.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈʃo.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃot.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chocho in Portuguese?
chocho appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).