{{wiktionary|CHICO|Chico|chico}} '''Chico''' ({{IPA|es|ˈtʃiko}}) means ''small'', ''boy'' or ''child'' in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language ({{IPA|pt|ˈʃiku}}).
'''Chico''' may refer to:
{{tocright}} ==Places== * Chico, California, a city * Chico, Montana, an unincorporated community * Chico, Texas, a town * Chico, Washington, a census designated place * Chico Creek, Colorado * Chico Formation, a Mesozoic geologic formation in the US * Chico River (disambiguation) * Río Chico (disambiguation) * Ch'iqu, or Volcán Chico, a volcano in Bolivia
==People== ===Nickname=== * Alfred "Chico" Alvarez (1920–1992), Canadian trumpeter * Chico Anysio (1931–2012), Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer * Chico Bouchikhi (born 1954), musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings, later leader of Chico & the Gypsies * Chico Buarque (born 1944), Brazilian singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet * Chico (footballer, born 1922), Brazilian footballer Francisco Aramburu * Chico (footballer, born 1981), Portuguese footballer Francisco José Castro Fernandes * Chico (footballer, born February 1987), Brazilian footballer Luis Francisco Grando * Chico (footballer, born 1988), Portuguese footballer Francisco Miguel Franco Antunes Gomes * Chico (footballer, born 1991), Angolan footballer Carlos Francisco Diassonama Panzo * Chico (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer Francisco Hyun-sol Kim * Chico (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian footballer Francisco Da Costa Aragao * Chico (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer Francisco Alves da Silva Neto * Chico Carrasquel (1926–2005), Venezuelan baseball player * Chico César (born 1964), Brazilian singer, composer and songwriter * Diego Corrales (1977–2007), American professional boxer * Chico DeBarge (born 1966), American R&B singer * Chico Díaz (born 1959), Mexican-born Brazilian actor * Chico Faria (1949–2004), Portuguese footballer * Chico Flores (born March 1987), Spanish footballer José Manuel Flores Moreno * Chico Freeman (born 1949), American jazz musician * Chico Hamilton (1921–2013), American jazz drummer and bandleader * Ian Hamilton (footballer, born 1950), English former footballer * Chico Heron (1936–2007), Panamanian baseball player and manager * Chico Hopkins (born 1946), Welsh rugby player * Francisco "Chico" Lachowski (born 1991), Brazilian model * Chico Maki (1939–2015), Canadian National Hockey League player * Chico Marx (1887–1961), American comedian, actor, pianist and bandleader, member of the Marx Brothers, born Leonard Marx * Chico Mendes (1944–1988), Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader and environmentalist. See also Chico Té below. * Chico Netto (1894–1959), Brazilian footballer * Washington "Chico" Oliveira (born 1977), half of the Chico & Roberta Brazilian song and dance duo * Chico Resch (born 1948), Canadian retired National Hockey League goaltender and television sportscaster * Eduardo Rózsa-Flores (1960–2009), Bolivian-Hungarian soldier, journalist, actor and secret agent * Chico Salmon (1940–2000), Major League Baseball utility player from Panama * Chico Serra (born 1957), Brazilian Formula One race car driver * Chico Slimani (born 1971), British singer * Chico Walker (born 1957), American former Major League Baseball catcher * Chico Xavier (1910–2002), Brazilian spiritist medium
===Surname=== * Gery Chico (born 1956), American lawyer and politician * Moraíto Chico II (1956–2011), Spanish Flamenco guitarist * Mariano Chico (1796–1850), governor of Alta California, Mexico, in 1836 * Matt Chico (born 1983), American former baseball pitcher
===Other people=== * Chico Álvarez (singer), American Latin jazz musician, Ernesto Peraza * Chico Té, ''nom de guerre'' of Francisco Mendes (1939–1978), politician and first prime minister of Guinea-Bissau * Chico Lanete (born 1979), Philippine Basketball Association player * Chico Science, stage name of Brazilian singer and composer Francisco de Assis França (1966–1997) * Bryan Alvarez (born 1975), American newsletter editor and professional wrestler under the ring name Chico Alvarez * Gabriel Campillo (born 1978), Spanish professional boxer known as "Chico Guapo"
==Entertainment== * Chico Escuela, a recurring character played by Garrett Morris on ''Saturday Night Live'' * Chuck Billy (''Chuck Billy 'n' Folks''), a character created by Mauricio de Sousa and called ''Chico Bento'' in Portuguese * Chico, a main character in ''Chico and the Man'', a 1970s American television sitcom * ''Chico'' (film), a 2001 film starring Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, based on his life * ''Chico'' (album), a 1977 album by Chico Freeman * "Chico", a 2004 song by Brant Bjork from the album ''Local Angel'' * "Chico" (Luísa Sonza song), 2023
==Other== * Chico (Amtrak station), a railroad station in Chico, California * Chico (cat), a cat who is the narrator of an authorised biography of Pope Benedict XVI * CHICO (construction company), a Chinese construction company based in Henan * Chico language * Chico Senior High School, Chico, California * California State University, Chico * Volkswagen Chico, a 1992 concept car * Cheekies, formerly Chicos, an Australian confectionery * Operation Chico, a 1958 Civil Defense exercise in California
==See also== {{srt}} * Chico's (disambiguation) * Chica (disambiguation) * El Chico (disambiguation) * Chicão (disambiguation) * Chicoo, an alternate name for the tree Sapodilla * Chiko Roll, an Australian savoury snack, inspired by the Chinese egg roll and spring rolls
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