apapacho
Spanish, noun
apapacho is spelled A-P-A-P-A-C-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apapacho is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cuddle; affectionate hug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of apapachar. With an accent, apapachó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of apapachar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caricia, abrazo, palmadita de cariño o consuelo”.
What does apapacho mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinecuddle; affectionate hug
- 2
Mexicomasculinea gesture or attitude with which love, affection, tenderness, etc. is shown to another person
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of apapachar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of apapachar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caricia, abrazo, palmadita de cariño o consuelo.
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 apapacho
- apapachos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to apapacho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apapacho in Spanish?
apapacho appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).