chicano
See also: Chicano
Portuguese
Verb
chicano
- first-person singular present indicative of chicanar
Spanish
Alternative forms
- chicanx (uncommon, gender-neutral)
Etymology
From mechicano, a dialectal variant of mexicano (“Mexican”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkano/ [t͡ʃiˈka.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: chi‧ca‧no
Adjective
chicano (feminine chicana, masculine plural chicanos, feminine plural chicanas)
- (of a person) of Mexican descent and living in the United States
Noun
chicano m (plural chicanos, feminine chicana, feminine plural chicanas)
- Chicano
Descendants
- → English: Chicano
Further reading
- “chicano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014