chaparrón
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoetic in origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chaparrón m (plural chaparrones)
- downpour, cloudburst
- (Andalusia, Cuba, Honduras, Puerto Rico) barrage, burst (e.g., barrage of criticism)
- Synonym: aluvión
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chaparrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014