achaparrado
Spanish, adjective/at͡ʃapaˈrado/
achaparrado is spelled A-C-H-A-P-A-R-R-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achaparrado is a Spanish adjective meaning “short and stubby (of vegetation or a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of achaparrarse. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se dice del vegetal que crece poco y extiende sus ramas como el chaparro”.
What does achaparrado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
short and stubby (of vegetation or a person)
verb
- 1
past participle of achaparrarse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice del vegetal que crece poco y extiende sus ramas como el chaparro. 2. Que tiene pequeña y gruesa estatura. 3. Participio de achaparrarse.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of achaparrado
- achaparrada feminine
- achaparrados masculine plural
- achaparradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achaparrado?
- /at͡ʃapaˈrado/
- [a.t͡ʃa.paˈra.ð̞o]
- [at͡ʃapaˈrað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is achaparrado in Spanish?
achaparrado appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).