chapón

Spanish

Etymology

From chapar +‎ -ón.

Noun

chapón m (plural chapones, feminine chapona, feminine plural chaponas)

1. (Spain, derogatory) wonk, swot, nerd

   Synonyms: empollón, (Spain) empollona, (Chile) mateo

Further reading

• “chapón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10