choco

Meaning

chocar

  1. (transitive) to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)
  2. (intransitive) to hatch (to break open when a young animal emerges from it)
  3. (intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from its egg)
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to hatch (to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately)
  5. (intransitive, slang) to linger (to spend a long time not moving or doing anything)
  6. (informal, intransitive) to become foul due to heat

Frequency

45k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃo.ku/
Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cluccus, metathesis of *cuclus, from Latin cucullus (“hood”). Compare Galician and Spanish choco.

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