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chico

chico noun: a Latin-American boy; a Latino.

Noun (1)

chico (plural chicos)

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

Noun (2)

chico (plural chicos)

  1. The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.

Noun (3)

chico (plural chicos)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Chico

Chico

  1. A city in Butte County, California, United States.
  2. An unincorporated census-designated place in Washington, United States.
  3. A city in Texas, United States.
  4. A diminutive of the male given name Francisco, from Portuguese.

chico meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

chico in Hindi

चीको, चिको

chico in Tamil

சிகோ

chico in Marathi

चिको, चीको

chico in Urdu

چیکو
More languagesFewer languages
chico in Bengali
চিকো
chico in Telugu
చికో, చీకో
chico in Malayalam
ചിക്കോ, ചീക്കോ
chico in Kannada
ಚಿಕೋ, ಚಿಕೊ
chico in Punjabi
ਚਿਕੋ
chico in Gujarati
ચિકો
chico in Odia
ଚିକୋ, ଚୀକୋ
chico in Nepali
चिको, चीको

Forms of chico

pluralchicos

Origin of chico

Borrowed from Spanish chico.

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

Perhaps from Spanish choclo, influenced by chico.

Questions about chico

What does chico mean?
Chico means a Latin-American boy; a Latino.
What is chico in Hindi?
Chico in Hindi is चीको, चिको. See Chico meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chico?
Chico can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of chico?
The plural of chico is chicos.

Words near chico in the dictionary

  1. chiclet keyboards
  2. chiclets
  3. chicly
  4. chicness
  5. chicnesses
  6. chico
  7. Chicoine
  8. Chicoines
  9. Chicom
  10. Chicomecoatl
  11. Chicoms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chico (page history and authors); Chico (page history and authors); chico (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chico (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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