chico
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃi.ku/
chico is spelled C-H-I-C-O (5 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porco”.
What does chico mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinepig
- 2
colloquialmasculineperiod (menstruation)
- 3
Brazilcolloquialmasculineass (the anus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pequeno 2. diz-se do mar sem ondas
noun: 1. porco 2. macaco doméstico 3. asno 4. menstruação
noun: 1. mulher nova que trabalha como ajudante de costureira
noun: 1. prenome masculino que é a forma reduzida de Francisco
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 chico
- chicos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chico?
- Brazil /ˈʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃi.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chico in Portuguese?
chico appears 24 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).