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peque

Spanish, noun

peque is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “kiddo (a child)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of pecar. With an accent, pequé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of pecar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Niño o niña de corta edad”.

What does peque mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininemasculinekiddo (a child)

    Voy a tener que hacerme cargo de mis peques.

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as pequé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of pecar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Niño o niña de corta edad.

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 peque

  • peques plural

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

How common is peque in Spanish?

peque appears 2.1 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).