chueca
Spanish, noun/ˈt͡ʃweka/
chueca is spelled C-H-U-E-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chueca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stump (of tree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of chueco. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juego tradicional mapuche. El juego consiste en dos grupos de jugadores, provistos de palos curvos (chuecas)…”.
What does chueca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestump (of tree)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of chueco
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Juego tradicional mapuche. El juego consiste en dos grupos de jugadores, provistos de palos curvos (chuecas), que golpean una pelota pequeña para llevarla hasta la meta. 2. Palo curvo en su extremo, usado en el deporte tradicional mapuche del mismo nombre. 3. Por extensión, palo curvo usado en el deporte moderno llamado hockey (hockey sobre césped y hochey en patines). 4. Bolita pequeña con que los labradores suelen jugar al juego de la chueca.
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 chueca
- chuecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chueca?
- /ˈt͡ʃweka/
- [ˈt͡ʃwe.ka]
- [ˈt͡ʃweka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chueca in Spanish?
chueca appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).