Bolivian Spanish word
chapaco/a
Meaning: of Tarija; a person from Tarija
Other meanings
- of/from Tarija (people, accent, culture)
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Greeting at any hour and saying your nameLesson 1, level A0
Start lesson 1How it is used in Bolivia
Tarijeños call themselves chapacos and are known for an unhurried, affectionate warmth with its own melodic voseo, named here, not reproduced.
The word for Tarija's people and their famously warm, unhurried valley culture, with a soft, musical accent and its own voseo. This chapter uses a neutral usted; it is NOT cruceño voseo.
Chapaco is the warm, melodic way of speaking in Tarija, and its people use vos (voseo) with each other, the valley's own voseo, different from Santa Cruz's. This chapter uses a neutral, polite usted.
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