chaparra
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Basque txaparro.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchaparra f (plural chaparras)
- kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
- Synonyms: coscoja, chaparro, carrasquilla, carrasquizo
- chaparral (scrubland)
- female equivalent of chaparro (“person of short stature”)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “chaparro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014