picaporte
Spanish, noun/pikaˈpoɾte/
picaporte is spelled P-I-C-A-P-O-R-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picaporte is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “doorknob, door handle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento propio para cerrar de golpe las puertas o ventanas, el cual consiste en una varita de hierro…”.
What does picaporte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedoorknob, door handle
- 2
masculineknocker, door knocker
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento propio para cerrar de golpe las puertas o ventanas, el cual consiste en una varita de hierro impelida por un muelle, la cual se encaja en una nariz de hierro clavada en el cerco. 2. La llave con que se abre dicho mecanismo.
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 picaporte
- picaportes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picaporte?
- /pikaˈpoɾte/
- [pi.kaˈpoɾ.t̪e]
- [pikaˈpoɾt̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picaporte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picaporte in Spanish?
picaporte appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).