jaquear
Spanish, verb/xakeˈaɾ/
jaquear is spelled J-A-Q-U-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish, the 308,039th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jaquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to check” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner en jaque al rey del contrincante en una partida de ajedrez”.
What does jaquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to check
- 2
to bother, to molest
verb
- 1
to hack
- 2
to hack in, hack into
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner en jaque al rey del contrincante en una partida de ajedrez. 2. Por extensión, poner a un enemigo o a cualquier instancia bajo una grave amenaza.
verb: 1. Grafía alternativa de hackear.
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 jaquear
- jaqueo first-person present singular
- jaqueé first-person preterite singular
- jaqueado participle past
- jaqueando gerund
- jaqueada feminine participle past
- jaqueados masculine participle past
- jaqueadas feminine participle past
- jaqueas indicative informal present
- jaqueás indicative informal present
- jaquea indicative present singular
- jaqueamos first-person indicative plural
- jaqueáis indicative plural present
- jaquean indicative plural present
- jaqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- jaqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- jaqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- jaqueabais imperfect indicative plural
- jaqueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jaquear?
- /xakeˈaɾ/
- [xa.keˈaɾ]
- [xakeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jaquear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jaquear in Spanish?
jaquear appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).