paiche
Spanish, noun/ˈpait͡ʃe/
paiche is spelled P-A-I-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paiche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “an arapaima (Arapaima gigas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does paiche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of paiche
- paiches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paiche?
- /ˈpait͡ʃe/
- [ˈpai̯.t͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paiche in Spanish?
paiche appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).