chirizo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾiθo/ [t͡ʃiˈɾi.θo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾiso/ [t͡ʃiˈɾi.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: chi‧ri‧zo
Adjective
chirizo (feminine chiriza, masculine plural chirizos, feminine plural chirizas) (colloquial)
- (El Salvador, of a person) curly-haired
Further reading
- “chirizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “chirizo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010