arquear
Spanish, verb/aɾkeˈaɾ/
arquear is spelled A-R-Q-U-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to arch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar a algo forma de arco”.
What does arquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to arch
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar a algo forma de arco.
verb: 1. Provocar náuseas o arcadas.
verb: 1. Medir la capacidad de un barco.
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 arquear
- arqueo first-person present singular
- arqueé first-person preterite singular
- arqueado participle past
- arqueando gerund
- arqueada feminine participle past
- arqueados masculine participle past
- arqueadas feminine participle past
- arqueas indicative informal present
- arqueás indicative informal present
- arquea indicative present singular
- arqueamos first-person indicative plural
- arqueáis indicative plural present
- arquean indicative plural present
- arqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- arqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- arqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- arqueabais imperfect indicative plural
- arqueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arquear?
- /aɾkeˈaɾ/
- [aɾ.keˈaɾ]
- [aɾkeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arquear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arquear in Spanish?
arquear appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).