cinquera

[sĩŋˈkeɾa]

/[sĩŋˈkeɾa]/ noun

The verdict

“cinquera” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rocola.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cinquera · cinquera · Spanish

cinquera · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for cinquera
PropertyValue
Headwordcinquera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sĩŋˈkeɾa]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cinquera” en español

cinqueraqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cinquera is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [sĩŋˈkeɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rocola.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cinquera, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 cinquera, spelled C-I-N-Q-U-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rocola.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cinquera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. -¿No sabe qué es una cinquera? Pues eran las máquinas a las que se les ponía de estos discos y para que sonaran ¡se les tenía que echar una moneda de a cinco centavos! – explica don Roberto con cara de “todo el mundo sabe qué es una cinquera”

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cinquera"?
"cinquera" is spelled C-I-N-Q-U-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sĩŋˈkeɾa].
What does "cinquera" mean?
As a noun, "cinquera" means: Rocola.
How do you pronounce "cinquera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cinquera" is [sĩŋˈkeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cinquera" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list