What does «chocho» mean in Spanish?
- To be old; to behave as if one were old or with diminished mental or physical faculties.
Examples of use in Spanish: "viejo chocho".
- That he is crazy with pure affection; that he likes something very much.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Chile - Ecuador - Peru
Examples of use in Spanish: "¡estoy chocho con mi nuevo automóvil!".
- Said of someone or something of Nicaraguan origin.
♦ Used in: Salvador - It is said of something that no longer works.
- Another name for lupine, a leguminous species of the Fabaceae family. Its seeds (also chochos or chochitos) are edible. The plant is also known as tarhui (tarwi).
♦ Used in: Ecuador - Peru - Sugar grain used to coat certain sweets.
♦ Used in: Mexico - Small candy in the shape of a ball.
♦ Used in: Mexico - Medicinal pill or drug pill.
♦ Used in: Mexico - Name for any insect that jumps, such as grasshoppers, crickets, etc.
♦ Used in: Mexico - Another common name for peony, climbing plant.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Dominican Republic - Vulva vaginalis.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Dominican Republic - Spain - Puerto Rico - Venezuela - Loop or curl of hair.
♦ Used in: Chile - Common name for the Sapindus saponaria tree, whose fruit, a drupe, is used to make natural detergents due to its high saponin content.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Dominican Republic - (¡ni con chochos!) Locution with which one flatly refuses something.
♦ Used in: Mexico - (¡chocho!) Interjection of surprise, astonishment or anger.
♦ Used in: Nicaragua
Examples of use in Spanish: "¡chocho! qué cosa más rara".