chocolate
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃokoˈlate/
chocolate is spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E (9 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,177th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chocolate is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chocolate (food made from cocoa beans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alimento hecho con la mezcla de manteca de cacao y pasta de cacao, endulzado con azúcar y en ocasiones…”.
What does chocolate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechocolate (food made from cocoa beans)
- 2
masculinehot chocolate (drink made by dissolving chocolate in milk or water)
- 3
masculineslanghashish (the leaves of the Indian hemp plant)
- 4
masculinean Aztec drink, chocolātl, made from roasted cacao powder and water
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alimento hecho con la mezcla de manteca de cacao y pasta de cacao, endulzado con azúcar y en ocasiones mezclado con canela, leche o vainilla. 2. Bebida hecha de chocolate₁ diluido en agua o leche. 3. Por similitud de aspecto, hachís, especialmente en bloques. 4. Baile tradicional de Chiloé, particularmente de los alrededores de Dalcahue, que se baila en pareja suelta con pañuelos.
adjective: 1. Color marrón oscuro, como el de la pasta de cacao. 2. Que es ilegal, ilícito.
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 chocolate
- chocolates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chocolate?
- /t͡ʃokoˈlate/
- [t͡ʃo.koˈla.t̪e]
- [t͡ʃokoˈlat̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chocolate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chocolate in Spanish?
chocolate appears 26 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).