chorizo
everyday, Argentina
The main Argentine sausage is chorizo, a fresh pork or beef and pork sausage grilled at an asado. A thin hot dog style sausage is a salchicha. It is also called morcilla.
Meaning: ground meat in a casing (noun)
Ways to say it
| Spanish | Note |
|---|---|
| chorizo | everyday, Argentina |
| salchicha | hot dog |
| morcilla | blood sausage |
Put a grilled chorizo in a roll and you have a choripán, one of the best known Argentine street foods.
Which one should you use?
Argentine chorizo is sold fresh and raw and is not cured like Spanish chorizo. Morcilla is blood sausage and also appears on the grill.
How does it change in a sentence?
Chorizo and choripán are masculine, salchicha and morcilla are feminine.
Did you know?
- The word choripán comes from joining chorizo and pan (bread).
Examples in context
- Me das un chorizo, por favor.Give me a sausage, please.
- Comimos choripán en la cancha.We ate choripán at the stadium.
- Las salchichas están listas.The hot dogs are ready.
Example conversation
Esteban grills with his uncle Ramiro on a Sunday in Buenos Aires province.
- EstebanTío, ¿ya están los chorizos?Uncle, are the sausages ready?
- RamiroUn minuto más.One more minute.
- EstebanPreparo los choripanes.I will make the choripanes.
