chulo

Definitions of chulo
  1. noun
    someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
    synonyms: chulapo, chulapón, chuleta, compadre, fachenda, fachendista, fachendoso, fafarechero, fardón, farolero, figurón, papelón, pinturero, principote, vacilón
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    farsante
    a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
    type of:
    egoísta
    a conceited and self-centered person
  2. noun
    someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
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    infractor
    a person who transgresses moral or civil law
  3. noun
    someone who bullies weaker people
    synonyms: duro
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    teddy, teddy boy
    a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
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    bullanguero, buscarruidos, camorrista, chulángano, gallito, gamberro, gorila, goriloide, hampón, hastial, jaque, jaquetón, matachín, matasiete, matonista, matón, pendenciero, perdonavidas, rufián, terne, valentón
    a cruel and brutal fellow
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