chico

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish chico. ==== Noun ==== chico (plural chicos) (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Nahuatl xicotzapotl. Cognate of chicle. ==== Noun ==== chico (plural chicos) The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota. === Etymology 3 === Perhaps from Spanish choclo, influenced by chico. ==== Noun ==== chico (plural chicos) (American Southwest, chiefly in the plural) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob. == Guyanese Creole English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === chico chewing gum === References === Samad, Daizal R.; Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023), A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 36 Henry, Edgar A. (2022), The Guyanese Slang Alphabet, Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 47 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian cicca. === Pronunciation === Homophone: Chico Hyphenation: chi‧co === Noun === chico m (plural chicos) (Portugal, regional) pig (colloquial) period (menstruation) (Brazil, regional, colloquial) ass (the anus) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “chico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology 1 === Indirectly related to Latin ciccum (“insignificant thing; trifle”); found in several Romance languages as an expressive creation. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiko/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ko] Rhymes: -iko Syllabification: chi‧co ==== Adjective ==== chico (feminine chica, masculine plural chicos, feminine plural chicas) small Synonym: pequeño Antonym: grande ===== Descendants ===== → Ladino: chiko, ג׳יקו → Papiamentu: chikí, chikitu ==== Noun ==== chico m (plural chicos, feminine chica, feminine plural chicas) boy; kid Synonyms: cabro, chamaco, chaval, chavo, muchacho, niño guy, lad ===== Descendants ===== → English: chico → Ladino: chiko, ג׳יקו ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “chico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chiʼik. ==== Noun ==== chico m (plural chicos) (Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua Narica) (Mexico) raccoon (Procyon lotor) Synonym: mapache ==== References ==== Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[2], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 583 == Tagalog == === Noun === chico (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ) alternative spelling of tsiko