alcahuetería
Spanish, noun/alkaweteˈɾia/
alcahuetería is spelled A-L-C-A-H-U-E-T-E-R-Í-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcahuetería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pimping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de alcahuetear”.
What does alcahuetería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepimping
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de alcahuetear 2. El proceder del alcahuete. 3. Encubrimiento de acciones contrarias a la ética, los valores y los buenos principios con el fin de transgredir los mismos. 4. Artificio que se emplea para persuadir a alguien a cometer actos reprobables.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alcahuetería
- alcahueterías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcahuetería?
- /alkaweteˈɾia/
- [al.ka.we.t̪eˈɾi.a]
- [alkawet̪eˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcahuetería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcahuetería in Spanish?
alcahuetería appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).