basquiña
Spanish, noun/basˈkiɲa/
basquiña is spelled B-A-S-Q-U-I-Ñ-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish, the 244,405th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basquiña is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a type of frock worn in Spain between the 17th and 19th centuries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Saya, negra por lo común, que usan las mujeres sobre la ropa interior para salir a la calle”.
What does basquiña mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea type of frock worn in Spain between the 17th and 19th centuries
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saya, negra por lo común, que usan las mujeres sobre la ropa interior para salir a la calle.
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 basquiña
- basquiñas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce basquiña?
- /basˈkiɲa/
- [basˈki.ɲa]
- [basˈkiɲa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is basquiña in Spanish?
basquiña appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).