charol

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Hokkien 漆料 (chhat-liāu)bor.

Portuguese charãobor.

Spanish charol

Borrowed from Portuguese charão (“oriental lacquer; oriental lacquerware”), borrowed from Hokkien 漆料 (chhat-liāu, “lacquer; varnish material; lacquerware”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈɾol/ [t͡ʃaˈɾol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: cha‧rol

Noun

charol m (plural charoles)

1. patent leather
2. (Colombia, Ecuador) tray

   Synonyms: bandeja, (Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, Peru) charola

Derived terms

• charola

Descendants

• → Tagalog: tsarol

Further reading

• “charol”, 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
• “charol”, 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
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “漆料”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “chhat-liāu”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 64; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 64
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “chhat-liāu”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 308; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 308