chirimoya
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʝa/
chirimoya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the fruit of the chirimoyo, the cherimoya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fruto del chirimoyo. Es una baya verdosa por fuera, blanca por dentro, con pepitas negras, de sabor muy…”.
What does chirimoya mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe fruit of the chirimoyo, the cherimoya
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruto del chirimoyo. Es una baya verdosa por fuera, blanca por dentro, con pepitas negras, de sabor muy agradable, y cuyo tamaño varía desde el de un pero grande al de un melón. 2. Cabeza.
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 chirimoya
- chirimoyas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chirimoya?
- /t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʝa/
- [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈmo.ʝa]
- [t͡ʃiɾiˈmoʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chirimoya
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chirimoya in Spanish?
chirimoya appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).