gachupín
Spanish, noun/ɡat͡ʃuˈpin/
gachupín is spelled G-A-C-H-U-P-Í-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish, the 254,909th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gachupín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Spaniard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gachupín mean in English?
noun
- 1
MexicoderogatorymasculineoffensiveSpaniard
¡Mueran los gachupines!
- 2
SpainderogatorymasculinerareHispanic American
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Mote aplicado a españoles en América que presumen ser de alcurnia cuando en España eran personas pobres y sin títulos nobiliarios. También es usado para nombrar a los hijos y descendientes de los españoles nacidos en América, aquellos que también son llamados criollos.
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 gachupín
- gachupines plural
- gachupina feminine
- gachupinas feminine plural
- cachopín alternative
- guachapín alternative
- chaupín alternative
- cachupino alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gachupín?
- /ɡat͡ʃuˈpin/
- [ɡa.t͡ʃuˈpĩn]
- [gat͡ʃuˈpĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gachupín in Spanish?
gachupín appears about once in every 52 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).