chico
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editchico (plural chicos)
- (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Nahuatl xicotzapotl. Cognate of chicle.
Noun
editchico (plural chicos)
- The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
Etymology 3
editPerhaps from Spanish choclo, influded by chico.
Noun
editchico (plural chicos)
- (American Southwest, chiefly in the plural) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.
Guyanese Creole English
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editchico
References
edit- Samad, Daizal R., Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023) A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 36
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian cicca.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editchico m (plural chicos)
- (Portugal, regional) pig
- (colloquial) period (menstruation)
- (Brazil, regional, colloquial) ass (the anus)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “chico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “chico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology 1
editIndirectly related to Latin ciccum (“insignificant thing; trifle”); found in several Romance languages as an expressive creation.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editchico (feminine chica, masculine plural chicos, feminine plural chicas)
Descendants
editNoun
editchico m (plural chicos, feminine chica, feminine plural chicas)
Descendants
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
edit- “chico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Yucatec Maya chiʼik.
Noun
editchico m (plural chicos)
- (Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua Narica)
- (Mexico) raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Synonym: mapache
References
edit- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 583
Tagalog
editNoun
editchico (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
- Alternative spelling of tsiko
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Canadian English
- American English
- English informal terms
- English terms derived from Nahuatl
- en:Fruits
- en:Grains
- en:People
- en:Sapote family plants
- Guyanese Creole English lemmas
- Guyanese Creole English nouns
- gyn:Sweets
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian
- Portuguese terms derived from Italian
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- European Portuguese
- Regional Portuguese
- Portuguese colloquialisms
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish sound-symbolic terms
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/iko
- Rhymes:Spanish/iko/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Yucatec Maya
- Spanish terms derived from Yucatec Maya
- Mexican Spanish
- es:Age
- es:Children
- es:Procyonids
- Spanish terms of address
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with C