espiroqueta
Spanish, noun[espiɾoˈket̪a]
espiroqueta is spelled E-S-P-I-R-O-Q-U-E-T-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espiroqueta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “spirochete (bacteria of the phylum Spirochaetes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Spirochaetes) Bacteria perteneciente al filo de las Gram negativas que tiene células largas y enrolladas…”.
What does espiroqueta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespirochete (bacteria of the phylum Spirochaetes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Spirochaetes) Bacteria perteneciente al filo de las Gram negativas que tiene células largas y enrolladas helicoidalmente. Tienen una longitud comprendida entre 5 y 500 µm y un diámetro de alrededor de 0,1-0,6 µm. Casi todas son unicelulares, si bien se sospecha que Spirochaeta plicatis pudiera ser pluricelular. Poseen una membrana externa formada por múltiples capas llamada "envoltura celular" o
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 espiroqueta
- espiroquetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espiroqueta?
- [espiɾoˈket̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espiroqueta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espiroqueta in Spanish?
espiroqueta appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).