xulo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chulo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈʃu.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʃu.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈt͡ʃu.lo]

Adjective

xulo (feminine xula, masculine plural xulos, feminine plural xules)

1. (Castilianism, colloquial) cool, nifty
   • 2020 October 23, Almudena Ávalos, quoting Paula Ribó, “La cantant catalana Rigoberta Bandini, viral a Spotify amb ‘In Spain we call it soledad’”, in El País‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 June 2022:

     Una cover de Beethoven que va versionar Mocedades. És tela friqui però ha quedat una cançó molt xula i molt èpica.

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