jícara
[ˈxikaɾa]
The verdict
“jícara” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taza para chocolate.
Corpus desk
Index ES-jicara · jícara · Spanish
jícara · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jícara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxikaɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “jícara” en español
Rare enough to double-check
jícara is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈxikaɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for jícara in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is jícara, spelled J-Í-C-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Taza para chocolate.
- 2Recipiente para bebidas labrado del fruto de la calabaza vinatera (Lagenaria siceraria), u otra cucurbitácea.
- 3Por extensión, este mismo fruto.
- 4Parte superior del cuerpo del ser humano y de algunos animales, que contiene el cerebro, la boca, los ojos, y otros órganos sensoriales.
- 5Recipiente de plástico u otro material de forma ancha que se usa generalmente para transportar agua, durante el baño, la limpieza, el lavado de trastes. Usualmente tienen capacidad de un litro o menos pues más grandes ya no se consideran jícaras.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jícara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aquellas horas salimos, despues de habernos dado nuestro vicario y deudo una jícara de chocolate y unos bizcochos a cada uno.
Principalmente en unas casitas que fabrican á sus anitos ó diuatas, muy curiosas y de muy buenas maderas, y allí ponen dichas comidas y buyos en platillos ó jícaras de cocos, que llaman bagol ó bao en tagalos, de los cuales he quemado varios.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.