What does la chaparrita mean in Spanish when Used this way Do you still have the Full size -La Chaparrita I have a feeling I may have been insulted but not really sure since chaparrita means shorty?

Answer 1

Chaparrita is indeed a reference to size, both stature and girth. Chaparrita means a female person who is simultaneously short and "plump." If you're sensitive about being described in this way, then you may feel you were insulted. However, when it was said, it was probably not meant in a deliberately (or even offhanded) insulting way. Spanish speaking people have a very frank, very matter of fact approach to things such as skin shade, hair texture/color, and body type. For them, it is what it is. It's part of the culture and it's built into the language. For them, if the shoe fits, they simply and resignedly put it on and wear it. And no one apologizes for saying, "Oh, I see you're wearing blue suede shoes." With that as a background, I hope you can forgive what I believe was an unintentional gaffe on the part of a store clerk who was trying to find in stock a garment that fit you.