chochera

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish chocho

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āria

Spanish -era

Spanish chochera

From chocho + -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈt͡ʃeɾa/ [t͡ʃoˈt͡ʃe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: cho‧che‧ra

Noun

chochera f (plural chocheras)

1. (colloquial) senility

   Synonym: chochez

Further reading

• “chochera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “chochera”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010