Talk:chorro

Both ton and tonne? Tonne is the measure of weight and in my experience chorro is only the familiar ton as in "lots", a "bunch", a "pile" etc. Just checking if it means both or if that was a generalizing addition. ^theDaveRoss

I always thought ton and tonne were variants of each other with one being more US and one more UK or one metric and one imperial. I know they have different pronunciations at least in Australia and everybody uses only the one that rhymes with "bun" even though we've been metric since about 1972. So umm yeah - I don't really know!

Ok I just checked two online English dictionaries and you're right. Only "ton" or "tons" are used this way, never "tonne" / "tonnes". I'll fix it. — Hippietrail 02:48, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Chorro = Diarrhea?

I'm not sure, but as a Mexican Spanish native speaker, I think I can add this. I believe in Mexican Spanish, chorro is also a slang term for diarrhea (this is usually in informal conversations and does not exist in Castilian). 99.60.228.92 22:56, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Also means, a stream of water.

Ex. Un chorro de agua.

Small stream of water.

Ex. Un chorrito de agua. 2601:19B:4B00:B9DF:F106:52DF:9B24:3F60 22:57, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

I've also seen this usage. Might be tricky to document though. Cannona (talk) 21:31, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

My Mexican housemate (from southern Jalisco, born 1949) regularly used chorro for diarrhea. I’d also add “gush” to the list of synonyms in 1. MishaSchutt (talk) 18:29, 18 January 2020 (UTC)