chicho

See also: chichó

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃu/

• Rhymes: -iʃu
• Hyphenation: chi‧cho

Etymology 1

From chicha, meat.

Noun

chicho m (plural chichos)

1. (Portugal, regional) a small piece of meat that will be quickly cooked and eaten
2. (Portugal, regional) pig, swine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chicho

1. first-person singular present indicative of chichar

Further reading

• “chicho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “chicho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -itʃo
• Syllabification: chi‧cho

Etymology 1

Noun

chicho m (plural chichos)

1. (regional, Caribbean) a roll of stomach fat, a love handle

Etymology 2

Verb

chicho

1. first-person singular present indicative of chichar

Further reading

• “chicho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10