chiloso

Spanish

Etymology

From chile +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈloso/ [t͡ʃiˈlo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: chi‧lo‧so

Adjective

chiloso (feminine chilosa, masculine plural chilosos, feminine plural chilosas)

1. (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, of food) spicy

   Synonyms: chiludo, picante

2. (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, of eyes) itchy or irritated

Further reading

• “chiloso”, 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
• “chiloso”, 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