peluca
Spanish, noun
peluca is spelled P-E-L-U-C-A (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peluca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “wig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pelucar. With an accent, pelucá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of pelucar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prenda que simula el cabello natural, la que puede estar confeccionada con pelo sintético o bien natural”.
What does peluca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewig
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of pelucar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prenda que simula el cabello natural, la que puede estar confeccionada con pelo sintético o bien natural. 2. Persona que lleva o usa peluca₁. 3. Reprensión severa, generalmente dada a un inferior.
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 peluca
- pelucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to peluca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peluca in Spanish?
peluca appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).