chulo

American  

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

noun

Spanish.

chulos plural

1. a dandified or effeminate man.

2. pimp.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• chulos
  plural

Example Sentences

He dashed fearlessly into the arena, charged and wheeled and tossed his horns in the splendor of his strength, sending every red-vested chulo scrambling over the wall.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee

"It is a shame to put me with such as these," said the talkative chulo; "I am a political offender," he added, with something like pride.

From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.

Diego completed the group; the chulo had attached himself to Alcala, and was resolved to stand by the cavalier to the last.

From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.

Regardo: la Naturo brulo A noste entour, e se barrulo Dins li bras de l'Estiéu, e chulo Lou devourant alen de soun nòve roussèu.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

Now through portals fast careering Picadors are disappearing; Now the barriers nimbly clearing Has the hindmost chulo flown.

From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop