chaparro

Meaning

1. (masculine) kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
2. (masculine) chaparral (scrubland)
3. (Mexico, masculine) netleaf oak (Quercus rugosa)
4. (Mexico, masculine) person of short stature
5. (El-Salvador, colloquial, masculine) illegally produced or homemade hard liquor made from sugarcane; illegally made rum

Concepts

chaparral

kermes oak

deadwood

shrubs

thicket

Synonyms

enano

coscoja

pene

sotobosque

sotaco

chorejas

sapuco

sapurrunco

carrasquilla

carrasquizo

matorral

Translations

maquis

carrasco

πουρνάρι

garric

Knirps

Unterholz

Θάμνος

θαμνώνες

taillis

chêne kermès

Davilla kunthii

brenya

pinheiro-carrasco

mala herba

Hyphenated as

cha‧pa‧rro

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque: txapar

In summary

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

Sentences

Sus bosques están formados por encina , chaparro , pino en los páramos y laderas .

Its forests are made up of holm oak, chaparro, pine on the moors and slopes.