checo

See also: Checo and checó

Asturian

Adjective

checo

1. neuter of checu

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.kʊ/

Adjective

checo (feminine checa, masculine plural checos, feminine plural checas)

1. Czech

Noun

checo m (plural checos, feminine checa, feminine plural checas)

1. Czech (person)

Noun

checo m (uncountable)

1. Czech (language)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ku/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.ku/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛku
• Homophone: (Northern Portugal) tcheco
• Hyphenation: che‧co

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas

Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ

Old Czech -ch

Old Czech Čech

Czech Čechbor.

French tchèquebor.

Portuguese checo

Borrowed from French tchèque.

Alternative forms

• tcheco (Brazil)

Adjective

checo (feminine checa, masculine plural checos, feminine plural checas)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of tcheco (“Czech”)

Derived terms

• República Checa

Related terms

• Chéquia

Noun

checo m (plural checos, feminine checa, feminine plural checas)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of tcheco (“Czech”)

Noun

checo m (uncountable)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of tcheco (“Czech”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

checo

1. first-person singular present indicative of checar

Further reading

• “checo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “checo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “checo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “checo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “checo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeko/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification: che‧co

Etymology 1

Compare French tchèque.

Adjective

checo (feminine checa, masculine plural checos, feminine plural checas)

1. Czech
2. (dated) Czechoslovakian

Noun

checo m (plural checos, feminine checa, feminine plural checas)

1. Czech (person)

Noun

checo m (uncountable)

1. Czech (language)
   • 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     La gran ventaja de aprender ruso es que, una vez lo dominas, puedes entender otras lenguas eslavas como el checo, el polaco o el búlgaro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• República Checa

Etymology 2

Vesre form of coche (“car”).

Noun

checo m (plural checos)

1. (slang, vesre, back slang) car (see checonato)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

checo

1. first-person singular present indicative of checar

Further reading

• “checo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025