A fork of Rural Dictionary
Cholo does not mean a "Mexican gangster" and it doesen't necassarily mean Mexican or Chicano. A Cholo is Spanish for Mestizo. A Mestizo is a person of mixed European and Native American heritage. Many Mestizos are Salvadoran, Honduran, Peruvian,Guatamalan, Mexican and Ecuadorian.
Some people don't even know what the word means and they post unreliable definitions.
Cholo can also be used as a generic term suggesting people with "low-life" street values. Commonly, Cholos are also violent thugs and may belong to street gangs. Their clothes are often "uniforms" with territorial peculiarities that have meanings that can be read by the cognicenti.
Mother to son: I'm worried that you are going to end up dead or in prison by hanging out with those cholo losers.
A LATINO gangster not only mexican or mexican american. They are usually born in the US from parents born in Central America or Mexico but also other parts of Latin America or can be themselves from other countries. They have shaved heads wear baggy clothes and have tattos.
The cholos from la mara salvatrucha have tattoos on their face.
those gangbangers who shoot up them black folk...
ese1-"Hey ese look at them dark people on our corner" ese2-"yo homes lets shoot that bitch up!" black dude1-"look at those cholos...i think they do not like us...i sense a bit of anger in the second one" black dude2-"yes marcus i believe we should go and get 50 with his g-unit, i think that shall scare the buggers away" black dude1-"what a wonderful plan!"
a bald-headed mexican gangster
check out that fine azz cholo walking down the street