chapo
Spanish, noun
chapo is spelled C-H-A-P-O (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,558th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chapo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “person of short stature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of chapar. With an accent, chapó is a different word: “used to express appreciation; hat tip”.
What does chapo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculineperson of short stature
noun
- 1
masculinean Ecuadorian dish based on chocolate and barley flour (máchica)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of chapar
interjection
- 1
used to express appreciation; hat tip
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of chapar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante del billar en donde se colocan una serie de palillos en el medio de la mesa y el objetivo es derribarlos para sumar puntos, de forma similar al bowling.
interjection: 1. Se usa para felicitar o admirar a alguien por alguna hazaña lograda.
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 chapo
- chapos plural
- chapa feminine
- chapas feminine plural
- chapeau alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is chapo in Spanish?
chapo appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).