obenque
Spanish, noun/oˈbenke/
obenque is spelled O-B-E-N-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish, the 295,201st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obenque is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shroud (rope or cable serving to support the mast)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las cuerdas gruesas que sujeta la cabeza de un mástil a las bordas del barco o a una cofa, para…”.
What does obenque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshroud (rope or cable serving to support the mast)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada una de las cuerdas gruesas que sujeta la cabeza de un mástil a las bordas del barco o a una cofa, para evitar su desplazamiento transversal.
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 obenque
- obenques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obenque?
- /oˈbenke/
- [oˈβ̞ẽŋ.ke]
- [oˈβ̞ẽŋke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obenque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obenque in Spanish?
obenque appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).