Definition
A type of chocolate or a chocolate-flavored item; also a regional term for cocoa in some Spanish-speaking areas.
Etymology
From Spanish 'chocolate' or Portuguese 'chocolate,' shortened colloquially. This term appears in various European languages as a casual or regional variant for chocolate or cocoa.
Kelly Says
The word 'chocolate' itself traveled from Nahuatl 'xocolatl' to Spanish to English, and 'choca' represents one of many regional shortcuts people created—language users are natural abbreviators!
Translations
ARالعربية
شوكولاتة
sho-ko-la-ta
BNবাংলা
চকোলেট
chok-o-let
CACatalà
xocolata
cho-koh-la-ta
CSČeština
čokoláda
cho-koh-lah-da
DADansk
choklade
cho-kla-deh
DEDeutsch
Schokolade
sho-koh-lah-deh
ELΕλληνικά
σοκολάτα
so-ko-la-ta
ESEspañol
chocolate
cho-koh-la-teh
FRFrançais
chocolat
cho-koh-la
HEעברית
שוקולד
sho-ko-led
HIहिन्दी
चॉकलेट
chok-la-teh
HUMagyar
csokoládé
cho-koh-la-deh
IDBahasa Indonesia
cokelat
cho-ke-lat
ITItaliano
cioccolato
cho-koh-la-toh
KKKK
шоколады
sho-ko-la-dy
MSBahasa Melayu
coklat
cok-lat
NLNederlands
chocolade
cho-koh-la-deh
NONorsk
sjokolade
sho-koh-la-deh
PLPolski
czekolada
cheh-koh-lah-da
PTPortuguês
chocolate
cho-koh-la-teh
RORomână
ciocolată
cho-koh-la-ta
RUРусский
шоколад
sho-khol-ad
SVSvenska
choklad
cho-klad
SWKiswahili
chokoleti
cho-koh-leh-tee
TAதமிழ்
சாக்லேட்
sa-ok-la-et
TEతెలుగు
చ可లేట్
cho-ka-let
THไทย
ช็อกโกแลต
chok-ko-laht
TLTL
tsokolate
cho-koh-la-teh
TRTürkçe
çikolata
chi-koh-la-ta
UKУкраїнська
шоколад
sho-khol-ad
VITiếng Việt
socola
so-co-la
YOYO
kokolate
ko-koh-la-teh
ZUZU
ikhothola
ee-kho-tho-la