cholla

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) cholla (cactus)
2. (feminine, figuratively) reason, understanding
3. (Honduras, colloquial, feminine) head
4. (El-Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, colloquial, feminine) laziness

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of chollar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of chollar:

chollar

to strip; strip off; pluck

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Concepts

cholla

Synonyms

cabeza

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Hyphenated as

cho‧lla

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃoʝa/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French: cholle

In summary

Possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *keula (“mace”), earlier "lump, lump of coal," from Proto-Germanic *kulą.