chocobanano

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Nahuatl chocolātlbor.

Spanish chocolate

Spanish banano

blend

Spanish chocobanano

Blend of chocolate + banano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃokobaˈnano/ [ˌt͡ʃo.ko.β̞aˈna.no]

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: cho‧co‧ba‧na‧no

Noun

chocobanano m (plural chocobananos)

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) a frozen banana coated with a layer of chocolate, served on a stick

Further reading

• “chocobanano”, 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
• “chocobanano”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010