claqué
Spanish, noun
claqué is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 113,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claqué is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tap dance, tap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, claque is a different word: “claque”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estilo de baile estadounidense, en el que se marca el ritmo con la punta y el tacón de los zapatos”.
What does claqué mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetap dance, tap
noun
- 1
feminineclaque
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estilo de baile estadounidense, en el que se marca el ritmo con la punta y el tacón de los zapatos.
noun: 1. Conjunto de los alabarderos de un teatro. 2. Grupo de fanáticos que elogian a una persona en busca de un beneficio específico.
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 claqué
- claques plural
- claqués plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to claqué
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is claqué in Spanish?
claqué appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).