chaparro
See also: Chaparro
English
Etymology
Noun
chaparro (plural chaparros)
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from dialectal Basque txapar, txaparro (“dwarf evergreen oak”), diminutive of sapar, zapar (“thicket, bush”). Doublet of chaparra.
Noun
chaparro m (plural chaparros, feminine chaparra, feminine plural chaparras)
- kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
- chaparral (scrubland)
- (Mexico) netleaf oak (Quercus rugosa)
- (Mexico) person of short stature
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chaparro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014