chaparro

See also: Chaparro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chaparro.

Noun

chaparro (plural chaparros)

1. kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)

Anagrams

• parachor

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sobreira f (uncommon)
• sovereiro m (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish chaparro, from Basque txapar, txaparro (“dwarf evergreen oak”), diminutive of sapar, zapar (“thicket, bush”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈpa.ʁu/ [ʃaˈpa.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈpa.ʁu/ [ʃaˈpa.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈpa.ʁu/ [ʃaˈpa.χu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈpa.ʁu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈpa.ʁu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈpa.ʁu/

• Hyphenation: cha‧par‧ro

Noun

chaparro m (plural chaparros)

1. (Southern Portugal) cork oak (Quercus suber)

   Synonyms: sobreiro m, sobro m

Derived terms

• achaparrar

Further reading

• “chaparro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chaparro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chaparra

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Basque txapar, txaparro (“dwarf evergreen oak”), diminutive of sapar, zapar (“thicket, bush”). Doublet of chaparra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈparo/ [t͡ʃaˈpa.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: cha‧pa‧rro

Noun

chaparro m (plural chaparros, feminine chaparra, feminine plural chaparras)

1. kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
2. chaparral (scrubland)
3. (Mexico) netleaf oak (Quercus rugosa)
4. (Mexico, Central America) person of short stature
5. (Mexico) child, kid
6. (colloquial, El Salvador) illegally produced or homemade hard liquor made from sugarcane; illegally made rum

Derived terms

• chaparral
• chaparreras
• chaparro amargo

Descendants

• → Portuguese: chaparro

Further reading

• “chaparro”, 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
• “chaparro”, 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