chulo

American  

[choo-law, choo-loh] / ˈtʃu lɔ, ˈtʃu loʊ /

noun

Spanish.

plural

chulos

1. a dandified or effeminate man.

2. pimp.

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Example Sentences

When she finally appeared, everyone got on their feet, dancing along to hits “Tempo,” “Chulo, pt. 2” and nearly drowning out her voice as they sang along to “Classy 101.”

From Los Angeles Times

She then wedged in a medley of reggaetón tributes, including covers of El General’s “Rica y Apretadita” and Lorna’s “Papi Chulo… Te Traigo el Mmmm” — and eased into a sumptuous bolero track from what she says will be her upcoming album in Spanish, the follow-up to her stellar 2023 LP “Red Moon in Venus.”

From Los Angeles Times

But to this young widow he was her “Kobe-Kobe, my boo-boo, my bae-boo, my papi chulo,” she said to the stage-side celebrities and everyday fans in seats high above.

From Los Angeles Times

Refreshingly more incisive, Irish writer-director John Butler’s “Papi Chulo” partly thwarts such presumption with researched specificity and POC characters with strong agency.

From Los Angeles Times

In “Papi Chulo,” immigrants have lives beyond the white world and in multiple scenes pity its obliviousness.

From Los Angeles Times