palanqueta
Spanish, noun[palãŋˈket̪a]
palanqueta is spelled P-A-L-A-N-Q-U-E-T-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 202,162nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palanqueta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy and jemmy bar (UK, Australia), prybar, pinchbar, nail bar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Barra de hierro con una punta curvada que se usa para forzar puertas o cerraduras”.
What does palanqueta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy and jemmy bar (UK, Australia), prybar, pinchbar, nail bar
- 2
Mexicofemininecereal bar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Barra de hierro con una punta curvada que se usa para forzar puertas o cerraduras 2. Barreta pequeña de hierro de dos cabezas que se suele emplear en las cargas de artillería 3. Instrumento que usan los albañiles para ajustar las piezas grandes al sentarlas en la obra 4. Dulce en pasta hecho de harina de maíz tostado y de miel de cañas
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 palanqueta
- palanquetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palanqueta?
- [palãŋˈket̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palanqueta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palanqueta in Spanish?
palanqueta appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).