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"Limonada" is a noun which is often translated as "lemonade", and "chorro" is a noun which is often translated as "stream". Learn more about the difference between "limonada" and "chorro" below.
la limonada(
lee
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moh
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nah
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dah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (beverage)
a. lemonade
Me acabo de tomar una fría y deliciosa limonada.I just drank a cold, delicious lemonade.
el chorro(
choh
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rroh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (spurt)
2. (abundance)
a. loads (colloquial) (plural)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Después de ganar la lotería, Lucía parece haber hecho un chorro de amigos.After winning the lottery, Lucía seems to have made loads of friends.
b. stream
Debido a que vendió su patente a la empresa emergente por un royalty, María tiene un chorro de ingresos regulares.Having sold her patent to the start-up for a royalty, Maria has a stream of steady income.
3. (plumbing) (Central America)
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
a. faucet (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
O el chorro está roto o hay un atasco, porque solo salen unas pocas gotas.Either the faucet is broken or there is a blockage, because only a few drops are coming out.
b. tap
Te puedes servir un vaso de agua en la cocina. Ese chorro tiene agua filtrada.You can pour yourself a glass of water in the kitchen. That tap has filtered water.
a. thief
Ten cuidado en ese barrio. Hay muchos chorros por allí.Be careful in that neighborhood. There are a lot of thieves out there.
b. pickpocket
El viejo no vio al chorro que le robó la cartera.The old man did not see the pickpocket who stole his wallet.
5. (colloquial) (excrement) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. diarrhea (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Me dio chorro en el camión y el baño estaba descompuesto.I got diarrhea on the bus and the bathroom was out of order.
b. diarrhoea (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Siempre me da chorro cuando voy de vacaciones.I always get diarrhoea when I go on holiday.
