chapear
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃapeˈaɾ/
chapear is spelled C-H-A-P-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 204,261st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chapear is a Spanish verb meaning “synonym of chapar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cubrir algo con chapas”.
What does chapear mean in English?
verb
- 1
synonym of chapar
- 2
to weed (remove weeds)
- 3
Latin-Americato thrive
- 4
to chop
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cubrir algo con chapas. 2. Quitar con un machete los yuyos de la tierra. 3. Matar. 4. En los caballos, adornar con chapeado la silla de montar.
verb: 1. Referido a una herradura, hacer ruido por no estar bien ajustada. 2. Hacer ostentación sobre el prestigio o la autoridad intelectual propia.
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 chapear
- chapeo first-person present singular
- chapeé first-person preterite singular
- chapeado participle past
- chapeando gerund
- chapeada feminine participle past
- chapeados masculine participle past
- chapeadas feminine participle past
- chapeas indicative informal present
- chapeás indicative informal present
- chapea indicative present singular
- chapeamos first-person indicative plural
- chapeáis indicative plural present
- chapean indicative plural present
- chapeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- chapeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- chapeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- chapeabais imperfect indicative plural
- chapeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chapear?
- /t͡ʃapeˈaɾ/
- [t͡ʃa.peˈaɾ]
- [t͡ʃapeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chapear in Spanish?
chapear appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).