chamizo
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈmiθo/
chamizo is spelled C-H-A-M-I-Z-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamizo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de chamiza”.
What does chamizo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshack
- 2
masculinehut
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de chamiza. 2. Casilla pobre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chamizo
- chamizos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chamizo?
- /t͡ʃaˈmiθo/
- [t͡ʃaˈmi.θo]
- /t͡ʃaˈmiso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chamizo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chamizo in Spanish?
chamizo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).