chapalear
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃapaleˈaɾ/
chapalear is spelled C-H-A-P-A-L-E-A-R (9 letters). Chapalear is a Spanish verb meaning “to wade (in shallow water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer ruido el agua por los movimientos que se hace con pies y manos en ella”.
What does chapalear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wade (in shallow water)
- 2
to splash
- 3
to clatter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer ruido el agua por los movimientos que se hace con pies y manos en ella. 2. Hacer ruido la herradura por estar floja o faltarle clavos.
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 chapalear
- chapaleo first-person present singular
- chapaleé first-person preterite singular
- chapaleado participle past
- chapaleando gerund
- chapaleada feminine participle past
- chapaleados masculine participle past
- chapaleadas feminine participle past
- chapaleas indicative informal present
- chapaleás indicative informal present
- chapalea indicative present singular
- chapaleamos first-person indicative plural
- chapaleáis indicative plural present
- chapalean indicative plural present
- chapaleaba first-person imperfect indicative
- chapaleabas imperfect indicative second-person
- chapaleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- chapaleabais imperfect indicative plural
- chapaleaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chapalear?
- /t͡ʃapaleˈaɾ/
- [t͡ʃa.pa.leˈaɾ]
- [t͡ʃapaleˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chapalear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.