chanchito
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃito/
chanchito is spelled C-H-A-N-C-H-I-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chanchito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “piglet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Diminutivo de chancho”.
What does chanchito mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinepiglet
- 2
masculinepiggy bank
- 3
masculinewoodlouse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminutivo de chancho. 2. Recipiente en forma de chancho (cerdito), hecho en greda pintada u otros materiales, que se utiliza para el ahorro de dinero, que cuenta con una ranura en la parte superior para introducir las monedas. Para sacar las monedas casi siempre es necesario destruirlo.
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 chanchito
- chanchitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chanchito?
- /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃito/
- [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃi.t̪o]
- [t͡ʃãnʲˈt͡ʃit̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chanchito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chanchito in Spanish?
chanchito appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).