chinesco
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃiˈnesko/
chinesco is spelled C-H-I-N-E-S-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chinesco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Turkish crescent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chinesco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
archaicChinese
- 2
Chinese-like
noun
- 1
masculineTurkish crescent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario o característico de la China.
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 chinesco
- chinesca feminine
- chinescos masculine plural
- chinescas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chinesco?
- /t͡ʃiˈnesko/
- [t͡ʃiˈnes.ko]
- [t͡ʃiˈnesko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chinesco in Spanish?
chinesco appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).