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jipijapa

Spanish, noun/xipiˈxapa/

jipijapa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the fiber of the Panama hat palm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tejido que se usa para el jipijapa, que se extrae de las hojas del bombonaje”.

What does jipijapa mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininethe fiber of the Panama hat palm

  2. 2

    femininePanama hat

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tejido que se usa para el jipijapa, que se extrae de las hojas del bombonaje.

noun: 1. Sombrero de jipijapa.

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 jipijapa

  • jipijapas plural

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

How do you pronounce jipijapa?

  • /xipiˈxapa/
  • [xi.piˈxa.pa]
  • [xipiˈxapa]

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

How common is jipijapa in Spanish?

jipijapa appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.

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