xalapeño
Spanish, noun/xalaˈpeɲo/
xalapeño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of jalapeño” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does xalapeño mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of jalapeño
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of jalapeño
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Grafía alternativa de jalapeño.
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 xalapeño
- xalapeña feminine
- xalapeños masculine plural
- xalapeñas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xalapeño?
- /xalaˈpeɲo/
- [xa.laˈpe.ɲo]
- [xalaˈpeɲo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is xalapeño in Spanish?
xalapeño appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).