choro
Portuguese, noun
choro is spelled C-H-O-R-O (5 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Choro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chorar. With an accent, chôro is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de chorar”.
What does choro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrying
- 2
masculinecry
- 3
masculinewailing
- 4
masculinechoro (Brazilian popular music genre)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of chorar
- 2
first-person singular present indicative of chorir
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of choro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de chorar 2. pranto 3. tipo de música brasileira predominantemente instrumental e com predomínio de cordofones geralmente; o mesmo que chorinho
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Ceará
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 choro
- choros plural
- chôro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to choro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is choro in Portuguese?
choro appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).