boquear
Spanish, verb/bokeˈaɾ/
boquear is spelled B-O-Q-U-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to pronounce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abrir la boca”.
What does boquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pronounce
- 2
to gape
- 3
to gasp
- 4
to utter
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Abrir la boca. 2. Agonizar, estar a punto de morir. 3. Por extensión, dicho de una institución o empresa, que está casi a punto de cierre por quiebra o bancarrota. 4. Hablar.
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 boquear
- boqueo first-person present singular
- boqueé first-person preterite singular
- boqueado participle past
- boqueando gerund
- boqueada feminine participle past
- boqueados masculine participle past
- boqueadas feminine participle past
- boqueas indicative informal present
- boqueás indicative informal present
- boquea indicative present singular
- boqueamos first-person indicative plural
- boqueáis indicative plural present
- boquean indicative plural present
- boqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- boqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- boqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- boqueabais imperfect indicative plural
- boqueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boquear?
- /bokeˈaɾ/
- [bo.keˈaɾ]
- [bokeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boquear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boquear in Spanish?
boquear appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).