chícharo

Borrowed from Mozarabic *číčar(o), from Latin cicer (“chickpea”). Compare Spanish chícharo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃɐɾʊ]

chícharo m (plural chícharos)

1. pea

   Synonyms: ervella f, ervello m, perico m

• “chícharo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chícharo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chícharo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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• Hyphenation: chí‧cha‧ro

chícharo m (plural chícharos)

1. chickling vetch
2. Synonym of feijão-frade (“black-eyed pea”)

Borrowed from Mozarabic *číčar(o), from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃaɾo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃa.ɾo]
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• Rhymes: -itʃaɾo
• Syllabification: chí‧cha‧ro

chícharo m (plural chícharos)

1. (Mexico) pea

   Synonyms: guisante, ervilla, arveja

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