chancho

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃant͡ʃo̝/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from chanchar.

Noun

chancho m (plural chanchos)

1. (informal) bite (act of biting)

   Synonyms: dentada, trabada, trincada

2. (informal) nibble, bite (a piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting)

   Synonym: petisco

Etymology 2

Noun

chancho m (plural chanchos)

1. (informal) pig

   Synonyms: cocho, porco, quino

Etymology 3

Verb

chancho

1. first-person singular present indicative of chanchar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chancho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chancho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chancho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From sancho, from sanch, used to call pigs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃant͡ʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -antʃo
• Syllabification: chan‧cho

Noun

chancho m (plural chanchos, feminine chancha, feminine plural chanchas)

1. (Latin America) pig

   Synonyms: cerdo, puerco

   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “El juguete rabioso”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Decía el pelirrojo con la boca llena de pan:
     —Todos los inviernos carneamos tres chanchos para la casa. Los demás se venden.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

chancho (feminine chancha, masculine plural chanchos, feminine plural chanchas)

1. (Latin America, figuratively) dirty

   Synonyms: sucio, cerdo

Derived terms

• chanchada
• chanchullo
• (diminutives): chanchito
• a todo chancho

Further reading

• “chancho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025