chorizo

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English[edit]

Corn bread with cheese and chorizo

Alternative forms[edit]

  • choritso, chorizzo (spellings affected by the 'hyper-foreign' pronunciations with /ts/)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chŏrēʹzō, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɒˈɹiː.zəʊ/ or like Spanish: /t͡ʃɒˈɹiːsəʊ/, /t͡ʃɒˈɹiːθəʊ/
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  • (US) enPR: chərēʹzō, IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈɹi.zoʊ/[1][2] or like Spanish: /t͡ʃoʊˈɹisoʊ/, /tʃəˈɹisoʊ/,[1][2] /t͡ʃoʊˈɹiθoʊ/[2]
  • (Britain, Ireland, proscribed) enPR: chəritsō, IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈɹɪtsəʊ/ or /t͡ʃəˈɹi.tsəʊ/

Noun[edit]

chorizo (countable and uncountable, plural chorizos)

  1. A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.
    • 2008 January–February, Mark Bittman, “The only 7 meals you need for 2008”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 138:
      Substitute three chopped scallions and a minced jalapeño for the onion, and 6 ounces crumbled chorizo for the tomatoes. Sub ½ cup queso fresco for the Parmesan in step 2. Serve with salsa.

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Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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’
  1. 1.0 1.1 chorizo”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 chorizo”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

  1. chorizo

Spanish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /t͡ʃoˈɾiθo/ [t͡ʃoˈɾi.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /t͡ʃoˈɾiso/ [t͡ʃoˈɾi.so]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: cho‧ri‧zo

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese chouriço or Galician chourizo,[1] either way from Old Galician-Portuguese souriço, of uncertain origin. First attested in Spanish in 1604.[2]

Noun[edit]

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

  1. a type of sausage
  2. (Uruguay) a foolish person
    Synonym: longaniza
  3. (vulgar, slang) a penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
  4. (slang, Costa Rica) corruption
    Synonym: corrupción
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Basque: txorizo
  • Catalan: xoriço
  • English: chorizo
  • French: chorizo
  • Swedish: chorizo

Etymology 2[edit]

From chori, from Caló chorar (to steal).

Noun[edit]

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

  1. (Spain) a crook
  2. (Spain, Mexico, Chile, colloquial) petty thief, pickpocket
    Synonyms: choro, ratero, ladronzuelo, carterista

Adjective[edit]

chorizo (feminine choriza, masculine plural chorizos, feminine plural chorizas)

  1. (vulgar, Chile) stuck-up, haughty

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

chorizo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chorizar

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Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɕoˈritso/, /ɕoˈriːso/

Noun[edit]

chorizo c

  1. chorizo

Declension[edit]

Declension of chorizo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative chorizo chorizon chorizor chorizorna
Genitive chorizos chorizons chorizors chorizornas
Declension of chorizo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative chorizo chorizoen chorizoer chorizoerna
Genitive chorizos chorizoens chorizoers chorizoernas

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