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
5. (colloquial, El Salvador) illegally produced or homemade hard liquor made from sugarcane; illegally made rum

Derived terms

• chaparral
• chaparreras
• chaparro amargo

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: chaparro

Further reading

• “chaparro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “chaparro” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010