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chorizo

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: chŏrēʹzō
  • Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɒˈɹiː.zəʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation:
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  • US: chərēʹzō
  • US: /t͡ʃəˈɹi.zoʊ/
  • US:
  • Ireland, UK, proscribed: chəritsō
  • Ireland, UK, proscribed: /t͡ʃəˈɹɪtsəʊ/
  • Ireland, UK, proscribed:

1

noun

Meaning 1

A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Spanish sausage

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a spicy Spanish pork sausage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sausage

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: chorizo — type of sausage
  • Asturian: chorizu — type of sausage
  • Basque: txorizo — type of sausage
  • Bulgarian: чори́зо (čorízo) — type of sausage
  • Catalan: xoriço — type of sausage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橋里索香腸 /桥里索香肠 (qiáolǐsuǒ xiāngcháng) — type of sausage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西班牙香腸 /西班牙香肠 (Xībānyá xiāngcháng) — type of sausage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒜味臘腸 /蒜味腊肠 (suànwèi làcháng) — type of sausage
  • Dutch: chorizo — type of sausage
  • Esperanto: ĉorizo — type of sausage
  • Finnish: chorizo — type of sausage
  • French: chorizo — type of sausage
  • Galician: chourizo — type of sausage
  • German: Chorizo — type of sausage
  • Greek: τσορίθο (tsorítho) — type of sausage
  • Italian: chorizo — type of sausage
  • Japanese: チョリソ (choriso) — type of sausage
  • Kabuverdianu: txorís — type of sausage
  • Kabuverdianu: txurise — type of sausage
  • Korean: 초리소 (choriso) — type of sausage
  • Polish: chorizo — type of sausage
  • Portuguese: chouriço — type of sausage
  • Portuguese: chouriça — type of sausage
  • Russian: чоризо (čorizo) — type of sausage
  • Russian: чорисо (čoriso) — type of sausage
  • Spanish: chorizo — type of sausage
  • Swedish: chorizo — type of sausage
  • Tagalog: longganisa — type of sausage
  • Tagalog: soriso — type of sausage
  • Ukrainian: чорі́со (čoríso) — type of sausage