chicharro
Portuguese, noun/ʃiˈʃa.ʁu/
chicharro is spelled C-H-I-C-H-A-R-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 162,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chicharro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “large horse mackerel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carapau grande”.
What does chicharro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelarge horse mackerel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carapau grande
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 chicharro
- chicharros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chicharro?
- Brazil /ʃiˈʃa.ʁu/
- Brazil [ʃiˈʃa.hu]
- /ʃiˈʃa.ʁu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chicharro in Portuguese?
chicharro appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).