chico

Borrowed from Spanish chico.

chico (plural chicos)

1. (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.

Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Nahuatl xicotzapotl. Cognate of chicle.

chico (plural chicos)

1. The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.

Perhaps from Spanish choclo, influded by chico.

chico (plural chicos)

1. (American Southwest, chiefly in the plural) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.

• Hyphenation: chi‧co
• Homophone: Chico

chico m (plural chicos)

1. (Brazil, regional, slang) ass (the anus)
2. (Brazil, regional, slang) period (menstruation)

Indirectly related to Latin ciccum (“insignificant thing; trifle”); found in several Romance languages as an expressive creation.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiko/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ko]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification: chi‧co

chico (feminine chica, masculine plural chicos, feminine plural chicas)

1. small

   Synonym: pequeño

• → Papiamentu: chikí, chikitu

chico m (plural chicos, feminine chica, feminine plural chicas)

1. boy; kid

   Synonyms: cabro, chamaco, chaval, chavo, muchacho, niño

The noun chico is like most 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.

• “chico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chiʼik.

chico m (plural chicos)

1. (Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua Narica)
2. (Mexico) raccoon (Procyon lotor)

• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 583

chico

1. Alternative spelling of tsiko