chaparro

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish chaparro. === Noun === chaparro (plural chaparros) 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 === Hyphenation: cha‧par‧ro === Noun === chaparro m (plural chaparros) (Southern Portugal) cork oak (Quercus suber) Synonyms: sobreiro m, sobro m ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “chaparro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “chaparro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === chaparra === Etymology === Borrowed from dialectal Basque txapar, txaparro (“dwarf evergreen oak”), diminutive of sapar, zapar (“thicket, bush”). Doublet of chaparra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈparo/ [t͡ʃaˈpa.ro] Rhymes: -aro Syllabification: cha‧pa‧rro === Noun === chaparro m (plural chaparros, feminine chaparra, feminine plural chaparras) kermes oak (Quercus coccifera) chaparral (scrubland) (Mexico) netleaf oak (Quercus rugosa) (Mexico, Central America) person of short stature (Mexico) child, kid (colloquial, El Salvador) illegally produced or homemade hard liquor made from sugarcane; illegally made rum ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: chaparro === Further reading === “chaparro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “chaparro”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010