chaparro
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