pequinés
Spanish, noun/pekiˈnes/
pequinés is spelled P-E-Q-U-I-N-É-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pequinés is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of pekinés” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Raza de perro pequeño, de hocico chato y pelo largo”.
What does pequinés mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of pekinés
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of pekinés
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 Pequín.
noun: 1. Raza de perro pequeño, de hocico chato y pelo largo.
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 pequinés
- pequinesa feminine
- pequineses masculine plural
- pequinesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pequinés?
- /pekiˈnes/
- [pe.kiˈnes]
- [pekiˈnes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pequinés in Spanish?
pequinés appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).