charquicán
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaɾkiˈkan/
charquicán is spelled C-H-A-R-Q-U-I-C-Á-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charquicán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a kind of stew from South America, made with jerky and other ingredients” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Guiso con ingredientes variables, originalmente en base a charqui, aunque en la actualidad se prepara…”.
What does charquicán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea kind of stew from South America, made with jerky and other ingredients
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Guiso con ingredientes variables, originalmente en base a charqui, aunque en la actualidad se prepara principalmente con carne de vacuno.
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 charquicán
- charquicanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charquicán?
- /t͡ʃaɾkiˈkan/
- [t͡ʃaɾ.kiˈkãn]
- [t͡ʃaɾkiˈkãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is charquicán in Spanish?
charquicán appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).