chorrocientos

Spanish

Etymology

From chorro (“flow, tap, tons”) +‎ cientos (“hundreds”), modeled after doscientos, trescientos, cuatrocientos, […] .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /t͡ʃoroˈθjentos/ [t͡ʃo.roˈθjẽn̪.t̪os]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /t͡ʃoroˈsjentos/ [t͡ʃo.roˈsjẽn̪.t̪os]
Rhymes: -entos
Syllabification: cho‧rro‧cien‧tos

Adjective

chorrocientos (feminine chorrocientas, plurale tantum)

(childish) zillion

Further reading

“chorrocientos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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