salchicha
Portuguese, noun/sawˈʃi.ʃɐ/
salchicha is spelled S-A-L-C-H-I-C-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salchicha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of salsicha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alimento preparado com carne picada metida em tripas”.
What does salchicha mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininealternative form of salsicha
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alimento preparado com carne picada metida em tripas
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 salchicha
- salchichas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salchicha?
- Brazil /sawˈʃi.ʃɐ/
- Brazil [saʊ̯ˈʃi.ʃɐ]
- Portugal /salˈʃi.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is salchicha in Portuguese?
salchicha appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).