pequén
Spanish, noun
pequén is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “burrowing owl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, pequen is a different word: “third-person plural present subjunctive”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Athene cunicularia cunicularia Molina) Especie de lechuza de unos 26cm que habita en Chile desde Pica a…”.
What does pequén mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineburrowing owl
verb
- 1
third-person plural present subjunctive
- 2
third-person plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Athene cunicularia cunicularia Molina) Especie de lechuza de unos 26cm que habita en Chile desde Pica a Valdivia. Caza tanto de día como de noche, alimentándose de roedores, coleópteros, aves pequeñas y crustáceos. Anida en tierra en cuevas de ratones o conejos. 2. Baile tradicional de Chile, que imita los movimientos de un pequén₁. 3. Variante de la empanada chilena, que no lleva carne.
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 pequén
- pequenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pequén in Spanish?
pequén appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).