• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃant͡ʃo̝/

Deverbal fromchanchar.

chancho m (pluralchanchos)

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

chancho m (pluralchanchos)

1. (informal)pig

   Synonyms:cocho,porco,quino

chancho

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofchanchar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chancho”, inDicionario 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”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chancho”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Fromsancho, fromsanch, used to call pigs.

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

chancho m (pluralchanchos,femininechancha,feminine pluralchanchas)

1. (Latin America)pig

   Synonyms:cerdo,puerco

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

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

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chancho (femininechancha,masculine pluralchanchos,feminine pluralchanchas)

1. (Latin America, figuratively)dirty

   Synonyms:sucio,cerdo

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

• “chancho”, inDiccionario 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

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