boquear
[bokeˈaɾ]
The verdict
“boquear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Abrir la boca.
Corpus desk
Index ES-boquear · boquear · Spanish
boquear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boquear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bokeˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boquear” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
boquear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [bokeˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
boquear has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is boquear, spelled B-O-Q-U-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Abrir la boca.
- 2Agonizar, estar a punto de morir.
- 3Por extensión, dicho de una institución o empresa, que está casi a punto de cierre por quiebra o bancarrota.
- 4Hablar.
- 5Hacer alardes de forma indiscriminada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boquear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
—...una cosa que aprendí en el fútbol es que se habla en la cancha. La verdad, hablaron muchas boludeces antes del partido y eso me dio energías. —En Argentina diríamos “boqueó por demás en la previa”. —Demasiado, amigo. Vos no podés boquear antes de los partidos y pretender salir ganando. Eso me hizo más fuerte, y después del partido se lo dije.
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