peruca
Spanish, noun/peˈɾuka/
peruca is spelled P-E-R-U-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish, the 282,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peruca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Peruvian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does peruca mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininemasculineslangPeruvian
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Peruano (Originario, relativo a, o propio de Perú).
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 peruca
- perucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peruca?
- /peˈɾuka/
- [peˈɾu.ka]
- [peˈɾuka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is peruca in Spanish?
peruca appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).