esquife
Spanish, noun/esˈkife/
esquife is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-F-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquife is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “skiff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Barco pequeño que se lleva en el navío para saltar a tierra y para otros usos”.
What does esquife mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskiff
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Barco pequeño que se lleva en el navío para saltar a tierra y para otros usos. 2. Cañón de bóveda de cañón, con forma cilíndrica. 3. Forma o figura que guarda la bóveda esquifada. Es también lo mismo que artesón.
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 esquife
- esquifes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esquife?
- /esˈkife/
- [esˈki.fe]
- [esˈkife]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esquife
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esquife in Spanish?
esquife 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).