chouriço
Portuguese, noun/ʃo(w)ˈɾi.su/
chouriço is spelled C-H-O-U-R-I-Ç-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chouriço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chouriço” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enchido feito após a matança do porco com as entranhas desse animal temperadas de forma variável consoante a…”.
What does chouriço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechouriço
- 2
masculineslangvulgarpenis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. enchido feito após a matança do porco com as entranhas desse animal temperadas de forma variável consoante a região; tradicionalmente enche-se um bocado de tripa do porco com o sangue, miúdos, cebola, salsa e sal
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 chouriço
- chouriços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chouriço?
- Brazil /ʃo(w)ˈɾi.su/
- Brazil [ʃo(ʊ̯)ˈɾi.su]
- Portugal /ʃo(w)ˈɾi.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chouriço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chouriço in Portuguese?
chouriço appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).