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percha

Spanish, noun

percha is spelled P-E-R-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “coat hanger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of perchar. With an accent, perchá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of perchar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Útil de forma triangular que tiene un gancho en la parte superior, usado para colgar estirada una prenda de…”.

What does percha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecoat hanger

  2. 2

    femininecoat rack

  3. 3

    feminineperch

  4. 4

    femininephysique; build (of body, especially a good one)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as perchá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of perchar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Útil de forma triangular que tiene un gancho en la parte superior, usado para colgar estirada una prenda de ropa. 2. Gancho adherido a una pared o a un mueble que permite colgar prendas de ropa. 3. Mueble provisto de perchas. 4. Madero o estaca larga y delgada, que regularmente se atraviesa en otras para sostener una cosa; como parras, etc.

noun: 1. Variante de perca.

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 percha

  • perchas plural

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

English words that translate to percha

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

How common is percha in Spanish?

percha appears about once in every 1 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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