chorizo

chorizar

to nick; nab

Frequency

25k
Hyphenated as
cho‧ri‧zo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃoˈɾiθo/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Portuguese chouriço or Galician chourizo, either way from Old Galician-Portuguese souriço, of uncertain origin. First attested in Spanish in 1604.

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