flaquear
Spanish, verb/flakeˈaɾ/
flaquear is spelled F-L-A-Q-U-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 79,842nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flaquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to weaken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perder fuerza, ponerse débil”.
What does flaquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weaken
- 2
to droop
- 3
to lose heart
- 4
to flag (mark)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Perder fuerza, ponerse débil. 2. Bajar o disminuir el ánimo o el entusiasmo; aflojar o acobardarse para hacer o enfrentar algo. 3. Referido a una cosa, estar en gran deterioro y peligro de destruirse, arruinarse o derrumbarse.
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 flaquear
- flaqueo first-person present singular
- flaqueé first-person preterite singular
- flaqueado participle past
- flaqueando gerund
- flaqueada feminine participle past
- flaqueados masculine participle past
- flaqueadas feminine participle past
- flaqueas indicative informal present
- flaqueás indicative informal present
- flaquea indicative present singular
- flaqueamos first-person indicative plural
- flaqueáis indicative plural present
- flaquean indicative plural present
- flaqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- flaqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- flaqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- flaqueabais imperfect indicative plural
- flaqueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flaquear?
- /flakeˈaɾ/
- [fla.keˈaɾ]
- [flakeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flaquear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flaquear in Spanish?
flaquear appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).