chico
English
Noun
chico (plural chicos)
- (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
- The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota
- (American Southwest, chiefly in the plural) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
Indirectly related to Latin ciccum (“insignificant thing; trifle”); found in several Romance languages as an expressive creation[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiko/
- Hyphenation: chi‧co
Usage notes
The noun chico is like several other Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chico” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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