chile
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃile/
chile is spelled C-H-I-L-E (5 letters) and appears 166 times per million words in written Spanish, the 511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chile is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a chili pepper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Capsicum spp.) Fruta originaría de América, de sabor picante, se le utiliza como condimento”.
What does chile mean in English?
noun
- 1
MexicoUSmasculinea chili pepper
- 2
Mexicomasculinevulgarpenis
Me duele el chile.
- 3
colloquialmasculinelie
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Capsicum spp.) Fruta originaría de América, de sabor picante, se le utiliza como condimento.
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 chile
- chiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chile?
- /ˈt͡ʃile/
- [ˈt͡ʃi.le]
- [ˈt͡ʃile]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chile in Spanish?
chile appears 166 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).