chirizo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /t͡ʃiˈɾiθo/ [t͡ʃiˈɾi.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /t͡ʃiˈɾiso/ [t͡ʃiˈɾi.so]
• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: chi‧ri‧zo

Adjective

chirizo (feminine chiriza, masculine plural chirizos, feminine plural chirizas) (colloquial)

1. (El Salvador, of a person) curly-haired

Further reading

• “chirizo”, 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
• “chirizo”, 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