choro

Meaning

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chorar

(intransitive) to cry; to weep (to shed tears from the eyes)
(transitive) to cry (to shed a given substance, or number of tears, from the eyes)
(broadly, intransitive, transitive) to exude; to seep; to ooze
(colloquial, intransitive) to whine (to make petty complaints)
(Brazil, broadly, intransitive, transitive) to haggle (to argue for a better deal)
(figuratively, intransitive, sometimes) to show empathy, especially by crying
(intransitive, transitive) to cry over
(Brazil, informal, intransitive) to spend some time almost scoring (of a ball)

braseiro

parati

κλάμα

گریان

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃo.ɾu/

Cognate with Latin

chorus

In summary

Deverbal from chorar. For the origin of the music sense there exist various theories: * a fusion of choro (from chorar) and Latin chorus * a corruption of choromeleiros, musicians during the Brazilian colonial period * a corruption of xolo, a type of dance from Brazilian fazendas.

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