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chico¹

noun chicos

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

chico²

Where it comes from

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

noun chicos

  1. The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.

chico³

Where it comes from

Perhaps from Spanish choclo, influenced by chico.

noun chicos

  1. in plural Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.

Chico⁴

proper noun

  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: shasta, old, man, boy, chiku, muchacho, hombre, vato, cholo, amigo, conyo boy, chick boy, whiteboy, dude, canuck, chickboy

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"chico." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chico. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

chico. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chico

Chicago

"chico." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chico.

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@misc{chico_2026,
  title = {chico},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chico},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}