buscapié
Spanish, noun/ˌbuskaˈpje/
buscapié is spelled B-U-S-C-A-P-I-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buscapié is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie (imagen o idea) que se suelta en la conversación para dar a alguien en qué entender, o para rastrear…”.
What does buscapié mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehint
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Especie (imagen o idea) que se suelta en la conversación para dar a alguien en qué entender, o para rastrear, averiguar o poner en claro alguna cosa. 2. Clave descifratoria de los pasajes de una obra.
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 buscapié
- buscapiés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce buscapié?
- /ˌbuskaˈpje/
- [ˌbus.kaˈpje]
- [buskaˈpje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to buscapié
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buscapié in Spanish?
buscapié appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).