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chapero

Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈpeɾo/

chapero is spelled C-H-A-P-E-R-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chapero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hustler, rent boy (male prostitute)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Varón que ejerce la prostitución con personas de su mismo sexo”.

What does chapero mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehustler, rent boy (male prostitute)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Varón que ejerce la prostitución con personas de su mismo sexo.

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 chapero

  • chaperos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chapero?

  • /t͡ʃaˈpeɾo/
  • [t͡ʃaˈpe.ɾo]
  • [t͡ʃaˈpeɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is chapero in Spanish?

chapero appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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