chorito
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃoˈɾito/
chorito is spelled C-H-O-R-I-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish, the 224,790th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chorito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Chilean mussel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Mytilus chilensis) Molusco bivalvo comestible de las costas chilenas”.
What does chorito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineChilean mussel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Mytilus chilensis) Molusco bivalvo comestible de las costas chilenas. 2. Por asociaciones con su aspecto, genitales externos de la mujer.
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 chorito
- choritos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chorito?
- /t͡ʃoˈɾito/
- [t͡ʃoˈɾi.t̪o]
- [t͡ʃoˈɾit̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chorito in Spanish?
chorito appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).