chicle
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃikle/
chicle is spelled C-H-I-C-L-E (6 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chicle is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chewing gum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tipo de goma o pastilla con sabores que se emplea para masticar o mascar y no se traga”.
What does chicle mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechewing gum
- 2
masculinechicle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tipo de goma o pastilla con sabores que se emplea para masticar o mascar y no se traga. 2. Tipo de resina con textura gomosa y pegajosa que produce el tronco del chicozapote. Es masticable y se comercializa en forma de pasta. 3. Persona que molesta por insistir en permanecer en la compañía de otra o de otras.
noun: 1. Parte del carburador que suministra combustible a la cámara de vacío del carburador, donde ocurre la mezcla de aire y combustible.
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 chicle
- chicles plural
- chiclés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chicle?
- /ˈt͡ʃikle/
- [ˈt͡ʃi.kle]
- [ˈt͡ʃikle]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chicle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chicle in Spanish?
chicle appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).