chorizo.
a type of sausage
Meaning & usage
a type of sausage
a foolish person
a penis
corruption
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese chouriço or Galician chourizo, either way from Old Galician-Portuguese souriço, of uncertain origin. First attested in Spanish in 1604.
a crook
petty thief, pickpocket
Where this word comes from
From chori, from Caló chorar (“to steal”).
stuck up, haughty
Where this word comes from
From chori, from Caló chorar (“to steal”).
first-person singular present indicative of chorizar
Where this word comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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