chapucero
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃapuˈθeɾo/
chapucero is spelled C-H-A-P-U-C-E-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chapucero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sloppy worker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Varón que trabaja de prisa y hace mal su trabajo”.
What does chapucero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shoddy
- 2
Mexicodishonest
- 3
derogatoryamateur
noun
- 1
masculinesloppy worker
- 2
Mexicomasculineswindler
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de, o relativo a la chapuza. 2. Hecho tosca y groseramente. 3. Dicho de una persona, que trabaja de esta manera o que trabaja de prisa y hace mal su trabajo. 4. Dicho de una persona, que engaña.
noun: 1. Varón que trabaja de prisa y hace mal su trabajo. 2. Herrero que fabrica clavos, trébedes, badiles y otras cosas bastas de hierro. 3. Vendedor de hierro viejo.
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 chapucero
- chapucera feminine
- chapuceros masculine plural
- chapuceras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chapucero?
- /t͡ʃapuˈθeɾo/
- [t͡ʃa.puˈθe.ɾo]
- /t͡ʃapuˈseɾo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chapucero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chapucero in Spanish?
chapucero appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).