chuchu
Portuguese, noun/ʃuˈʃu/
chuchu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chayote (a fruit, Sechium edule)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruta proveniente do chuchuzeiro”.
What does chuchu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechayote (a fruit, Sechium edule)
- 2
Brazilinformalmasculinehoney (term of endearment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pessoa atraente
noun: 1. fruta proveniente do chuchuzeiro 2. planta trepadeira cucurbitácea com o fruto de nome homônimo 3. pessoa amada 4. mulher atraentemente bela e que tem delicadeza
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 chuchu
- chuchus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chuchu?
- Brazil /ʃuˈʃu/
- Portugal /ʃuˈʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chuchu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chuchu in Portuguese?
chuchu appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).