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chorizo

Spanish, noun

chorizo is spelled C-H-O-R-I-Z-O (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,761st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chorizo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a type of sausage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chorizar. With an accent, chorizó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of chorizar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Embutido de carne de cerdo picada y adobada con pimentón, sal y especias o hierbas aromáticas, curado al humo”.

What does chorizo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea type of sausage

  2. 2

    masculinea foolish person

  3. 3

    masculineslangvulgara penis

  4. 4

    masculineslangcorruption

noun

  1. 1

    Spainmasculinea crook

  2. 2

    MexicoSpaincolloquialmasculinepetty thief, pickpocket

adjective

  1. 1

    vulgarstuck up, haughty

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of chorizar

verb

as chorizó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of chorizar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Embutido de carne de cerdo picada y adobada con pimentón, sal y especias o hierbas aromáticas, curado al humo. 2. Embutido de carne de cerdo o de res sin curar, que se consume asado. 3. Carne de cerdo adobada con diferentes chiles (ajíes) y especias aromáticas embutido en secciones en el tejido del intestino o en una tela transparente plástica. De color rojo o verde según los ingredientes que se le agregan. 4. Tipo de ladrillo de corte longitudinal usado para adornar paredes.

noun: 1. Ladrón.

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 chorizo

  • chorizos plural
  • choriza feminine
  • chorizas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to chorizo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chorizo in Spanish?

chorizo appears 2.6 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).

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