chaparrón
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoetic in origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chaparrón m (plural chaparrones)
- downpour, cloudburst
- (Andalusia, Cuba, Honduras, Puerto Rico) barrage, burst (e.g., barrage of criticism)
- Synonym: aluvión
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “chaparrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014