Meanings
nounchicharron (countable and uncountable, plural chicharrons or chicharrones)
plural chicharrons · plural chicharrones
- countableuncountableA pork rind; pork scratching.
Now the shelves are also packed with Mexican spices, tostadas, chicharrones, the walls covered in signs in Spanish for Mary Kay cosmetics, baby sitters and Senator Barack Obama.
2007 December 13, Monica Davey, “Immigration, and Its Politics, Shake Rural Iowa”, in New York Times
Origin
- Spanishchicharrón
- Englishchicharron
From Spanish chicharrón.
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French chicharron
- chicharronTranslations
Japanese チチャロネス
- チチャロネス (chicharonesu)Translations
Spanish chicharrón
- chicharrónTranslations
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APA
chicharron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicharron
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“chicharron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicharron. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chicharron,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicharron.
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