How to pronounce “chorizo”

Hear how “chorizo (spiced sausage)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

chorizochoh-REE-soh (Latin America) · choh-REE-thoh (Spain)
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Breakdown

Meaningspiced sausage
Syllablescho · ri · zo (3)
StressWords ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: RI.
IPA (Latin America)/tʃo.ˈɾi.so/
IPA (Spain)/tʃo.ˈɾi.θo/

Tips for English speakers

Learn more: Spanish R and RR · Spain vs. Latin America · Stress and accent marks

Example sentences

Tacos de chorizo, por favor.Chorizo tacos, please.
El chorizo es un poco picante.The chorizo is a little spicy.

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