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chapa

Spanish, noun

chapa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “veneer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of chapo. With an accent, chapá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of chapar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lámina de madera, metal u otro material duro”.

What does chapa mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineveneer

  2. 2

    femininelicense plate

  3. 3

    feminineinformalcrown cap

  4. 4

    Latin-Americafemininelock

  5. 5

    femininebadge

  6. 6

    colloquialfemininepolice officer

  7. 7

    femininenickname

  8. 8

    feminineearring

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of chapo

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as chapá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of chapar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lámina de madera, metal u otro material duro. 2. Matrícula (rectángulo metálico con el número de identificación para un vehículo). 3. Carrocería (armazón metálica externa de un auto). 4. Cerradura (conjunto de piezas metálicas que forman el mecanismo de cierre y apertura de una puerta).

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 chapa

  • chapas plural

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

English words that translate to chapa

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chapa in Spanish?

chapa appears 4.9 times per million words in written Spanish.

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