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pekinés

Spanish, noun/pekiˈnes/

pekinés is spelled P-E-K-I-N-É-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pekinés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Beijinger (native or inhabitant of the city of Beijing, capital of China) (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Grafía alternativa de pekinés”.

What does pekinés mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Pekingese

noun

  1. 1

    masculineBeijinger (native or inhabitant of the city of Beijing, capital of China) (usually male)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinePekingese (small dog)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Pekín. Grafía alternativa de pequinés.

noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de pekinés.

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 pekinés

  • pekinesa feminine
  • pekineses masculine plural
  • pekinesas feminine plural
  • pequinés alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pekinés?

  • /pekiˈnes/
  • [pe.kiˈnes]
  • [pekiˈnes]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pekinés

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pekinés in Spanish?

pekinés appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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