claqueta
Spanish, noun/klaˈketa/
claqueta is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E-T-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 136,710th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claqueta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “clapperboard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Utensilio formado por dos planchas de madera unidas con una bisagra, que se hacen chocar al comienzo de cada…”.
What does claqueta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclapperboard
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Utensilio formado por dos planchas de madera unidas con una bisagra, que se hacen chocar al comienzo de cada toma de una película para sincronizar el sonido y la imagen. En él también se anotan los datos de cada escena, número de toma, etc.
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 claqueta
- claquetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claqueta?
- /klaˈketa/
- [klaˈke.t̪a]
- [klaˈket̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to claqueta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is claqueta in Spanish?
claqueta appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).