chícharo
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃi.ʃa.ɾu/
chícharo is spelled C-H-Í-C-H-A-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chícharo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chickling vetch (Lathyrus sativus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “legume comestível da espécie Lathyrys sativus”.
What does chícharo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechickling vetch (Lathyrus sativus)
- 2
masculinevetchlings (Lathyrus)
- 3
masculinesynonym of grão-de-bico (“chickpea”)
- 4
masculinesynonym of feijão-frade (“black-eyed pea”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. legume comestível da espécie Lathyrys sativus 2. feijão-frade, leguminosa de feijão, caraterística pelo seu olho rodeado duma orla castanha, Vigna unguiculata 3. ervilha, planta comestível leguminosa de vagens, com sementes redondas e verdes, Pisum sativum, também o seu fruto 4. santiago (Scyllarus arctus)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chícharo
- chícharos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chícharo?
- Brazil /ˈʃi.ʃa.ɾu/
- Portugal /ˈʃi.ʃɐ.ɾu/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃit.ʃɐ.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chícharo in Portuguese?
chícharo appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).