El Chapo
Definition
Nickname of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera (born 1957), a notorious Mexican drug lord and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, infamous for his multiple daring prison escapes via elaborate tunnels.
Literally translates to "the shorty" or "Shorty" in English, a colloquial term often used as a nickname for someone of short stature.
Examples
Aunque lo llaman El Chapo por su estatura, sus túneles eran de proporciones épicas.
Although they call him El Chapo for his height, his tunnels were of epic proportions.
El Chapo convirtió las fugas carcelarias en un arte, hasta que el supermax dijo basta.
El Chapo turned prison escapes into an art form, until supermax said enough.
En las narco-novelas, El Chapo siempre sale ganando, a diferencia de la realidad.
In narco-novels, El Chapo always comes out on top, unlike reality.
Ser El Chapo significa ser pequeño en tamaño, pero gigante en titulares mundiales.
Being El Chapo means being small in stature but giant in global headlines.