Polyglot Dictionary

chaparrón

/tʃapaˈron/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
chaparrones

Meaning

  1. downpour

    • Nos cayó un chaparrón.

      We were caught in a downpour.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

aguacero

chaparrón and aguacero both mean "downpour," a sudden heavy rain shower; they're close synonyms, largely interchangeable, sometimes with regional preference.

Similar in other languages

French

averse soudaine

averse soudaine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "downpour."

Portuguese

aguaceiro

aguaceiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "downpour."

Practice

1 What does chaparrón mean?

2 Fill the gap: Nos cayó un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chaparrón?

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