how to pronounce chico

/ˈtʃiːˌkoʊ/

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chico is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of chico in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… david chico i was gonna add to real …”

meanings of chico

noun:

Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.
The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
A Latin-American boy; a Latino.

name:

A city in Texas, United States.
A city in Butte County, California, United States.
An unincorporated census-designated place in Washington, United States.

chico frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word chico occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.