chicho
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃi.ʃu/
chicho is spelled C-H-I-C-H-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chicho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a small piece of meat that will be quickly cooked and eaten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chichar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedaço pequeno de carne para assar”.
What does chicho mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinea small piece of meat that will be quickly cooked and eaten
- 2
Portugalmasculinepig, swine
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of chichar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedaço pequeno de carne para assar
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 chicho
- chichos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chicho?
- Brazil /ˈʃi.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈʃi.ʃu/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃit.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chicho in Portuguese?
chicho appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).