chulo
Definition of chulo
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: a matador's assistant in the ring
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Origin and Etymology of chulo
Spanish, from Old Spanish, boy, from Old Italian ciullo, short for fanciullo, diminutive of fante, from Latin infant-, infans young child — more at infant
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