chapón

Spanish

Etymology

From chapar +‎ -ón.

Noun

chapón m (plural chapones, feminine chapona, feminine plural chaponas)

(Spain, derogatory) wonk, swot, nerd
Synonyms: empollón, (Spain) empollona, (Chile) mateo

Further reading

“chapón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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