chupóptero
[t͡ʃuˈpopt̪eɾo]
The verdict
“chupóptero” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que obtiene rentas sin prestar el trabajo correspondiente o, más generalmente, sin merecerlas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chupoptero · chupóptero · Spanish
chupóptero · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chupóptero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃuˈpopt̪eɾo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chupóptero” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chupóptero is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃuˈpopt̪eɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona que obtiene rentas sin prestar el trabajo correspondiente o, más generalmente, sin merecerlas.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chupóptero, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is chupóptero, spelled C-H-U-P-Ó-P-T-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Persona que obtiene rentas sin prestar el trabajo correspondiente o, más generalmente, sin merecerlas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chupóptero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El liberalismo que somete a todos los pueblos a la unidad constitucional, engendra toda esa pleyade de maketos, verdaderos chupópteros que nos sacan la sangre y nos deshonran.
Esto ya es vicio -dijo Poleró-. Si su padre no le mandara, vamos... pero él tiene sus mesadas... Aunque le diéramos millones, lo mismo que nada. Aquello es un tonel sin fondo. Felipe, vete a la Casa de la Moneda, única que puede surtir a tu amo. En la tuya hay por fuerza muchas bocas de chupópteros.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.