Definitions tagged chorro in the street dictionary.
A small-time crook or pickpocket who specializes in stealing items directly from people's pockets.
There are a lot of pickpockets, a lot of bolsiquero around the Constitucion area (a major train station and transport hub in Buenos Aires).
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A thief. It also refers to a scammer, a fraud, or a grifter who makes a living through a low-effort hustle that pays well despite requiring little talent or merit.
- That guy is a ladri. He is always running some hustle with music and he cannot even sing Arroz con leche (a basic nursery rhyme).
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Derived from the word chorro (thief) through syllable reversal, rocho refers to a member of a specific street subculture associated with the urban poor and cumbia music. While it literally means thief, it is mostly used to describe this aesthetic and social group, serving as the opposite of a cheto (a wealthy or preppy kid).
My horn is sounding and sounding, the rochas dance to it and so do the chetas.
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To loot, pocket, or embezzle public funds. The term specifically refers to government corruption and the defrauding of the state, usually attributed to populist administrations (in Argentina, the choripan or sausage sandwich is a symbol associated with Peronist political rallies).
Those Peronists choripanearon the entire state.
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A person prone to stealing with a shady past, who is very trashy and looks for the easy way out. (In Argentina, this is a derogatory play on the surname Kirchner, used to label someone as corrupt or trashy).
Don't answer, it must be a kerner.
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A thief, crook, or burglar. (Commonly used throughout the Spanish-speaking world to refer to someone who steals).
Some chorizos broke in and cleaned out my house.
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To steal, mug, or snatch someone's belongings, the typical behavior of a thief (often called a chorro or chorizo in Argentina).
They chorearon my sneakers.
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A slang term for the police in Argentina, particularly common in the province of Cordoba.
Let's go, the Cobani are coming.
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A small-time thief or petty thug, usually aggressive and uneducated (traditionally used for pickpockets in Argentine street slang).
A punga robbed me.
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Refers to a stream or squirt of liquid expelled from any body orifice.
Look at the Chigote of shit this guy shat out.
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A thief with health insurance. (In Argentina, this implies that the police are just another group of criminals, but ones who hold official jobs and receive state-mandated benefits.)
- I got robbed! - Call the policia! - Are you crazy? Those guys are all thieves!
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A slang term for diarrhea, equivalent to having the runs.
I ate some street tacos and I got chorro.
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A female shoplifter who hides stolen items in her clothing or bags. (In Argentina, a mechera is a thief specializing in shoplifting from retail stores).
Commonly a thief (chorra).
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