cliquear
[klikeˈaɾ]
The verdict
“cliquear” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Hacer sonar algo, produciendo un impacto de una parte móvil sobre una superficie.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cliquear · cliquear · Spanish
cliquear · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cliquear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [klikeˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cliquear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cliquear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [klikeˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hacer sonar algo, produciendo un impacto de una parte móvil sobre una superficie.".
cliquear has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cliquear, spelled C-L-I-Q-U-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer sonar algo, produciendo un impacto de una parte móvil sobre una superficie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cliquear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Otra vez la noche de París que no está en el conocido trote de los caballos sobre la calle de madera —y que imitan los chansoniers cliqueando su lengua sobre el paladar— sino en el casco claudicante de ese caballo, con una herradura medio suelta y que parece que hace girar el disco de la noche, rajado como un disco roto.
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.