chapela
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈpela/
chapela is spelled C-H-A-P-E-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chapela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Basque-style beret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie de boina de gran vuelo usada en el País Vasco, Navarra e Iparralde, tradicional además en la pampa…”.
What does chapela mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBasque-style beret
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Especie de boina de gran vuelo usada en el País Vasco, Navarra e Iparralde, tradicional además en la pampa argentina, donde es conocida como "boina vasca".
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 chapela
- chapelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chapela?
- /t͡ʃaˈpela/
- [t͡ʃaˈpe.la]
- [t͡ʃaˈpela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chapela in Spanish?
chapela appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).