coro

See also: córo

Indonesian

coro

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦺꦴ (coro, “cockroach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃoro]
• Hyphenation: co‧ro

Noun

coro (plural coro-coro, first-person possessive coroku, second-person possessive coromu, third-person possessive coronya)

1. (colloquial) cockroach: a black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.

   Synonyms: cecunguk, kakerlak, kecoak, kepuyuk, lipas

Further reading

• “coro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: cò‧ro

Noun

coro m (plural cori)

1. chorus
2. choir

Related terms

• corale

Anagrams

• Orco, orco, roco

Javanese

Romanization

coro

1. Romanization of ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦺꦴ
2. Nonstandard spelling of cara, romanization of ꦕꦫ.

Latin

Noun

cōrō

1. dative/ablative singular of cōrus

Manchu

Romanization

coro

1. Romanization of ᠴᠣᡵᠣ

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese coro, probably borrowed from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós). Doublet of chorus.

Alternative forms

• côro (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: co‧ro

Noun

coro m (plural coros)

1. (collective) choir (singing group)

   Eu canto num coro. ― I sing in a choir.

2. (architecture) choir (part of a church or concert hall where the choir assembles)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: co‧ro

Verb

coro

1. first-person singular present indicative of corar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish coro, borrowed from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾo/ [ˈko.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: co‧ro

Noun

coro m (plural coros)

1. choir

   Canto en un coro

   I sing in a choir

2. (music) chorus (of a song)

   ¡Amo el coro de esta canción!

   I love the chorus in this song!

3. (architecture) choir (area where singers in a church stand)

   El coro de la iglesia necesita reparaciones o sino se desplomará.

   The church choir needs repairs or else it'll collapse.

Derived terms

• a coro
• capa de coro
• capellán de coro
• infante de coro
• libro de coro
• niño de coro
• rezar a coros
• sotacoro

 

Related terms

• coral

 

Further reading

• “coro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Wolof

Noun

coro

1. girlfriend