chororô
Portuguese, noun/ʃo.ɾoˈɾo/
chororô is spelled C-H-O-R-O-R-Ô (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chororô is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “excessive or exaggerated wailing or crying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chororô mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialderogatorymasculineexcessive or exaggerated wailing or crying
Vai parar com esse chororô?
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chororô
- chororôs plural
- chororó alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chororô?
- Brazil /ʃo.ɾoˈɾo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chororô in Portuguese?
chororô appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).