guateque

/[gwaˈt̪eke]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#93,096

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

guateque is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fiesta, generalmente de jóvenes, que se celebra en una casa particular y en la que se baila y se bebe, especialmente la que se celebraba en las décadas de 1950 y 1960. Pronounced [gwaˈt̪eke].

Key facts for guateque
PropertyValue
Headwordguateque
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gwaˈt̪eke]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,096
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of guateque in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guateque is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gwaˈt̪eke]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,096 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for guateque in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is guateque, spelled G-U-A-T-E-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fiesta, generalmente de jóvenes, que se celebra en una casa particular y en la que se baila y se bebe, especialmente la que se celebraba en las décadas de 1950 y 1960.
  2. 2
    Fiesta informal con musica, baile y bebidas alcohólicas.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #93,096 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guateque"?
"guateque" is spelled G-U-A-T-E-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [gwaˈt̪eke].
What does "guateque" mean?
As a noun, "guateque" means: Fiesta, generalmente de jóvenes, que se celebra en una casa particular y en la que se baila y se bebe, especialmente la que se celebraba en las décadas de 1950 y 1960.
How do you pronounce "guateque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guateque" is [gwaˈt̪eke]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guateque" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.