chaparro

See also: Chaparro

English

Etymology

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]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈpa.ʁo/ [ʃaˈpa.ho]

 

• (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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chaparra

Etymology

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

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) person of short stature

Derived terms

• chaparral
• chaparreras
• chaparro amargo

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: chaparro

Further reading

• “chaparro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014