arenque
Spanish, noun/aˈɾenke/
arenque is spelled A-R-E-N-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arenque is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “herring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Clupea) Género que abarca unas 15 especies de peces teleósteos, de color azul, nativos de las aguas…”.
What does arenque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherring
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Clupea) Género que abarca unas 15 especies de peces teleósteos, de color azul, nativos de las aguas templadas y poco profundas del océano Atlántico y el mar Báltico. Llegan a medir hasta 45 cm de largo.
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 arenque
- arenques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arenque?
- /aˈɾenke/
- [aˈɾẽŋ.ke]
- [aˈɾẽŋke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arenque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arenque in Spanish?
arenque appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).