chulo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃu.lu/
chulo is spelled C-H-U-L-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a term in foul language, profanity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chular. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fulano grosseiro, ordinário ou rude”.
What does chulo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
coarse; vulgar; obscene
- 2
vulgar; obscene; distasteful
noun
- 1
masculinea term in foul language, profanity
- 2
Portugalmasculinepimp (prostitution solicitor)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of chular
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. próprio de ralé; grosseiro; rústico; soez; lascivo 2. que vive à custa de alguém 3. que vive à custa de alguém em troca de favores sexuais e/ou relacionamento amoroso 4. que explora prostitutos ou prostitutas, recebendo parte do dinheiro por eles feito
noun: 1. fulano grosseiro, ordinário ou rude 2. homem rufião e ordinário que vive à custa de mulheres, de uma forma geral prostitutas; gigolô 3. aquele que se aproveita da ingenuidade de outrém, para lhe pedir ou retirar dinheiro
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 chulo
- chula feminine
- chulos masculine plural
- chulas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chulo?
- Brazil /ˈʃu.lu/
- Portugal /ˈʃu.lu/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃu.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chulo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chulo in Portuguese?
chulo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).