chollo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʝo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʎo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʒo/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -oʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -oʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -oʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: cho‧llo

Etymology 1

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Noun

chollo m (plural chollos)

(colloquial) bargain
Synonyms: bicoca, ganga
- 2013 November 7, “A la caza del ofertón en coches de segunda mano”, in Cinco Días‎^[1]:
  Pero lo que verdaderamente interesa es encontrar la ganga, el chollo, el ofertón.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(colloquial) plum, easy job

See also

cholo

Etymology 2

Verb

chollo

first-person singular present indicative of chollar

Further reading

“chollo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025