Spanish

Noun

jícara f ‎(plural jícaras)

1. A small faience container used to serve hot chocolate or other hot beverages.
2. (Latin America) A small, woody container, typically made from the fruit of the calabash tree and used (especially in rural Mexico) to serve hot food in order to preserve its temprature.
3. (Mexico, Central America, Philippines) calabash
4. (El Salvador, Nicaragua, colloquial) head
5. (Spain) Part, or square, of a flat chocolate bar, which can be broken off easily (especially in Andalusia and Murcia)

Derived terms

• jícaro m

Descendants

• Portuguese: xícara

References

“jícara” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.