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periquete

Spanish, noun[peɾiˈket̪e]

periquete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tick, jiffy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lapso brevísimo de tiempo”.

What does periquete mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinetick, jiffy

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lapso brevísimo de tiempo.

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 periquete

  • periquetes plural

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

How do you pronounce periquete?

  • [peɾiˈket̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to periquete

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

How common is periquete in Spanish?

periquete appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).