chaparro
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See also: Chaparro
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
chaparro (plural chaparros)
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from dialectal Basque txapar, txaparro (“dwarf evergreen oak”), diminutive of sapar, zapar (“thicket, bush”). Doublet of chaparra.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Portuguese: chaparro
Further reading[edit]
- “chaparro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014