# chico
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### 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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cicca.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.ku/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.ku/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi.ku/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi.ku/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.ku/
* Homophone: Chico
* Hyphenation: chi‧co

### Noun

chico m (plural chicos)
* (Portugal, regional) pig
* (colloquial) period (menstruation)
* (Brazil, regional, colloquial) ass (the anus)

#### Derived terms

* chiqueiro
* estar de chico

### References

* ↑ “chico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “chico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiko/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ko]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* 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

##### Descendants

* → English: chico
* → Ladino: chiko, ג׳יקו

#### Derived terms

* achicar
* chicote
* chinchero chico
* chiquear
* chiquero
* chiquillo
* chiquitico
* chiquitín
* chiquitito
* chiquito
* flamenco chico
* letra chica
* patria chica
* perra chica
* pitotoy chico
* salteador chico
* ve chica

#### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “chico”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

#### Further reading

* “chico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### 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, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 583

## Tagalog
### Noun

chico (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
* Alternative spelling of tsiko