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choco

Pronunciation: /ˈʃo.ku/

“choco” is a Portuguese word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cuttlefish (any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus Sepia)

adjective

  1. fertile (of an egg)
  2. brooding (of a bird)
  3. rotten (of an egg)
  4. rotten, damaged
  5. flat (of a carbonated drink)
  6. dispirited, unenergetic, lethargic

In Portuguese

  1. diz-se do ovo das aves com o embrião em desenvolvimento
  2. diz-se do estado febril das aves durante a incubação
  3. que está em estado biológico alterado a exibir um comportamento arisco, que tende a estar muito aninhado e que é predisposto a estar a realizar incubação de ovos
  4. ato de chocar
  5. período de incubação
  6. cama
  7. molusco cefalópode da família dos Sepilídeos usado na alimentação; siba

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cluccus, metathesis of *cuclus, from Latin cucullus (“hood”). Compare Galician and Spanish choco.

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