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despapaye

Spanish, noun/despaˈpaʝe/

despapaye is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mess, disorder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alteración del orden, jaleo, confusión, bullicio”.

What does despapaye mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Mexicocolloquialmasculinemess, disorder

  2. 2

    Mexicocolloquialmasculineparty, partying, shindig

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Alteración del orden, jaleo, confusión, bullicio. 2. Reunión de jóvenes para divertirse o celebrar.

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 despapaye

  • despapayes plural

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

How do you pronounce despapaye?

  • /despaˈpaʝe/
  • [d̪es.paˈpa.ʝe]
  • [d̪espaˈpaʝe]

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

How common is despapaye in Spanish?

despapaye appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish.

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