Is there another meaning besides half-breed?
2007-05-06 04:55:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I meant "chola" y "cholo"
2007-05-06 04:56:15 · update #1
According to the Real Academia Española, cholo/a is a "mestizo de sangre europea e indígena" or "un indio que adopta los usos occidentales" This is the usage most common in South America, meaning "half-breed" - it's often insulting, too.
However, in U.S. chicano slang, "cholo" means "gangster" or "tough guy". It can be used in the feminine too (chola) with a similar meaning. The link below to UrbanDictionary.com has a lot of interesting information about these terms.
2007-05-06 08:53:30 · answer #1 · answered by Katacha 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
GANGSTA (fem./masc.)
They can be "fake" or "real" gangstas....in other words it is a style...chicano/a mostly from Southwest US and California!
Just search on google images if you want to see it, i.e.:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&gbv=2&safe=off&q=chola&btnG=Search+Images
EDIT:
I'm assuming she wants to know what a "cholo" is in the EEUU, not Panama or Peru!...and not the 'origin' on the term, which anyone without cultural knowledge could locate in a dictionary could locate.
2007-05-06 09:26:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to the Wordreference.com forum the word "cholo" (and I guess "chola" for the feminine) it seems is used in Peru in a derogatory manner to show one's superiority...it might be in the sense of half-breed, but that wasn't mentioned explicitly (no official translation in English given)...As well, there is mention of "cholo" being used to refer to a Mexican gangster....An additional link to this site http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cholo was provided, which gives a more comprehensive definition...Hope that helps!
2007-05-06 07:12:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Cholo is the mix of spaniard with indigenous people. It is also used to say that a person is not well educated or poor or ignorant. (Not that I agree with the term).
Edit:
This is the meaning we give it in Panama. It also means that your hair is straight, “tiene el pelo cholo“, her hair is straight.
2007-05-06 07:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by Thespiana 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Thespian… is the right answer.
2007-05-06 09:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by Martha P 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that's what they call gangsters in spanish
2007-05-06 07:13:30 · answer #6 · answered by Jessi 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋