chipote
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃiˈpote/
chipote is spelled C-H-I-P-O-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chipote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bump on the head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Inflamación en alguna parte del cuerpo resultado de un golpe, en especial en la cabeza”.
What does chipote mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinebump on the head
- 2
Mexicoinformalmasculinebulge, lump
- 3
masculineslap (blow with the open hand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inflamación en alguna parte del cuerpo resultado de un golpe, en especial en la cabeza.
noun: 1. Flecha con una pequeña bola de cobre en la punta para la caza de aves o peces.
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 chipote
- chipotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chipote?
- /t͡ʃiˈpote/
- [t͡ʃiˈpo.t̪e]
- [t͡ʃiˈpot̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chipote in Spanish?
chipote 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).