chapar
Short answer
In Lima, "chapar" means to grab or catch — and, between people, to kiss. The register is coloquial — fine among friends, out of place in a job interview or anything written to an institution. The standard Spanish equivalent is "agarrar, atrapar". In use: Chapa el micro que ya se va.
| Part of speech | verbo |
|---|---|
| Register | coloquial |
| Standard Spanish | agarrar, atrapar |
| In use | Chapa el micro que ya se va. Grab that bus, it is leaving. |
Draft entry — needs a native-speaker check before publishing.
The grab sense is the everyday one. Applied to two people it means kissing, so se chaparon is gossip, not logistics. Worth knowing before you use it about a person.