different between chorizo vs choriqueso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ch?r??z?, IPA^(key): /t????i?.z??/ or like Spanish: IPA^(key): /t????i?s??/, IPA^(key): /t????i????/
• (US) enPR: ch?r??z?, IPA^(key): /t????i.zo?/ or like Spanish: IPA^(key): /t????is?/, /t????iso?/, IPA^(key): /t????i??/

Noun

chorizo (countable and uncountable, plural chorizos)

1. A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika.

Related terms

• chouriço

Translations

Further reading

• chorizo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “chorizo” defined by Infoplease.com: pronounced: chu-r?'z?; Sp. chô-r?'sô, -thô, plural: (-z?z; Sp. -sôs, -thôs
• “Chorizo” listed in the BBC Food Glossary (accessed on 17.09.2009): pronounced: ‘chor-eetho’

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?i.zo/

Noun

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

1. chorizo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /t??o??i?o/, [t??o??i.?o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /t??o??iso/, [t??o??i.so]
• Rhymes: -i?o, -iso

Etymology 1

Possibly from Latin sals?cius (or a Vulgar Latin form *sauricium), derivative of salsus (“salted”), but uncertain; if so, it is a doublet of salsa and salchicha. Compare Portuguese chouriço and English sausage.

Noun

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

1. a type of sausage
2. (Uruguay) a foolish person

   Synonym: longaniza

3. (vulgar, slang) a penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

4. (slang, Costa Rica) corruption

Derived terms

• choripán
• choriqueso
• chorizar

Descendants

• ? Catalan: xoriço
• ? English: chorizo
• ? French: chorizo
• ? Portuguese: chouriço

Etymology 2

From chori, from Caló chorar (“to steal”).

Noun

chorizo m (plural chorizos)

1. (Spain) a crook
2. (Spain, Mexico, Chile, colloquial) petty thief, pickpocket

   Synonyms: choro, ratero, ladronzuelo, carterista

Adjective

chorizo (feminine choriza, masculine plural chorizos, feminine plural chorizas)

1. (vulgar, Chile) thefty, stuck-up, haughty

Further reading

• “chorizo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Spanish choriqueso.

Noun

choriqueso (uncountable)

1. A Mexican food consisting of chorizo and cheese, resembling fondue.

Spanish

Noun

choriqueso m (plural choriquesos)

1. choriqueso