chulo

chulo m or f (plural chulos)

1. cute, pretty, lovely
2. (colloquial) cocky

   Synonyms: arrogante, petulante

chulo m (plural chulos)

1. pimp

   Synonym: proxeneta

chulo m (plural chulos)

1. a term in foul language, coarse, profanity
2. (Portugal) pimp (prostitution solicitor)

   Synonyms: cafetão, proxeneta

From Mozarabic شّولُ‎ (šúlo) from Latin sciolus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃulo/

chulo (feminine singular chula, masculine plural chulos, feminine plural chulas) superlative: chulísimo

1. (of actions) cute, pretty, lovely, cool

   Synonyms: mono, cuqui, bonito

2. (Spain, colloquial, of people) cocky (overly confident, arrogant and boastful)

   Synonyms: chulito, engreído, arrogante, petulante, altanero

3. (Chile, colloquial) ordinary, common, vulgar, rascal

   Synonyms: ordinario, rasca, chuliento, mugriento, flaite

• Chulo is to define actions and means cute, but in people it means cocky. And to cocky actions is used chulesco. E.g. una jugada chula (a cute play); una jugada chulesca (a cocky play)

• chulito (diminutive)
• chulesco m
• chulería f
• chulada f
• chulear
• chuliento

chulo m (plural chulos)

1. (Spain) pimp

   Synonyms: proxeneta, rufián, cabrón, cafiche, alcahuete

• “chulo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.