Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
chaparrita
English translation:
petite
Spanish term
United States
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
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chaparrita
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Nicholas Ferreira
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| 4 +3 | shorty |
Jairo Payan
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| 5 +1 | small in stature; shorty |
yolanda Speece
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| 5 | shorty |
Jose Antonio Ugarte
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| 4 | shorty |
Margaryta Maksimtseva
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| 4 | petite |
Henry Hinds
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Dec 21, 2006 17:34: Nicholas Ferreira changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"
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Canada
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petite
This is another option.
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yolanda Speece
: Not all shorties are petite. "Chaparrita" means "short" but not necessarily "petite".
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Sorry, I don't know Hayek myself. But Harper Collins defines "petite" as follows: 2. a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures. 4. a woman or girl who wears clothing of such a size.
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Refugio
: Petite may be more feminine than shortie, but it doesn't have the same connotations as chaparrita. Petite is more like menudita.
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It would seem you would be more of an expert in the feminine than myself... ;)
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Christian [email protected]
: this is the term I see in mailorder catalogs, for short women, whether they are "menuditas" or not.
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Thanks.
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Colombia
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shorty
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Lila Castillo
: pero yo diría shortie
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Gracias. Al parecer shorty es una variante de shortie. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shortie
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Lorenia de la Vega
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Rondina
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Words matter
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shorty
Peru
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shorty
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
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petite
Efficiency and effectiveness!!!
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small in stature; shorty
In Black urban communities, a "shorty" is a woman who is short in stature but like an hourglass has sands in all the right places.
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Refugio
: I agree that petite doesn't apply in this case.
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Thanks Ruth! La Hayek is anything but petite.
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