chorizo

== English == === Alternative forms === choritso, chorizzo (spellings affected by the 'hyper-foreign' pronunciations with /ts/) === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish chorizo. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chŏrēʹzō, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɒˈɹiː.zəʊ/ or like Spanish: /t͡ʃɒˈɹiːsəʊ/, /t͡ʃɒˈɹiːθəʊ/ (US) enPR: chərēʹzō, IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈɹi.zoʊ/ or like Spanish: /t͡ʃoʊˈɹisoʊ/, /tʃəˈɹisoʊ/, /t͡ʃoʊˈɹiθoʊ/ (UK, Ireland, proscribed) enPR: chəritsō, IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈɹɪtsəʊ/ or /t͡ʃəˈɹi.tsəʊ/ === Noun === chorizo (countable and uncountable, plural chorizos) A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc. Synonym: Spanish sausage ==== Related terms ==== chouriço, chaurice ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== chorizo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === “chorizo” defined by Infoplease.com: pronounced: chu-rē'zō; Sp. chô-rē'sô, -thô, plural: (-zōz; Sp. -sôs, -thôs “Chorizo” listed in the BBC Food Glossary (accessed on 17.09.2009): pronounced: ‘chor-eetho’ == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish chorizo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɔ.ʁi.zo/ === Noun === chorizo m (plural chorizos) chorizo == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃoˈɾiθo/ [t͡ʃoˈɾi.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /t͡ʃoˈɾiso/ [t͡ʃoˈɾi.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: cho‧ri‧zo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Portuguese chouriço or Galician chourizo, either way from Old Galician-Portuguese souriço, of uncertain origin. First attested in Spanish in 1604. ==== Noun ==== chorizo m (plural chorizos) a type of sausage (Uruguay) a foolish person Synonym: longaniza (vulgar, slang) a penis Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene (slang, Costa Rica) corruption Synonym: corrupción ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Basque: txorizo → Catalan: xoriço → English: chorizo → French: chorizo → Swedish: chorizo → Tagalog: tsoriso === Etymology 2 === From chori, from Caló chorar (“to steal”). ==== Noun ==== chorizo m (plural chorizos) (Spain) a crook (Spain, Mexico, Chile, colloquial) petty thief, pickpocket Synonyms: choro, ratero, ladronzuelo, carterista ==== Adjective ==== chorizo (feminine choriza, masculine plural chorizos, feminine plural chorizas) (vulgar, Chile) stuck up, haughty === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== chorizo first-person singular present indicative of chorizar === References === === Further reading === “chorizo”, 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 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish chorizo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɕoˈritso/, /ɕoˈriːso/ === Noun === chorizo c chorizo ==== Declension ==== ==== Declension ==== “chorizo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “chorizo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)