choyudo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cholludo

Etymology

From choya (“laziness”) +‎ -uda.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈʝudo/ [t͡ʃoˈʝu.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃoˈʝudo/ [t͡ʃoˈʝu.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃoˈʃudo/ [t͡ʃoˈʃu.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃoˈʒudo/ [t͡ʃoˈʒu.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: cho‧yu‧do

Adjective

choyudo (feminine choyuda, masculine plural choyudos, feminine plural choyudas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala) lazy

   Synonyms: perezoso, haragán

Further reading

• “choyudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• cholludo, cholluda | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE