piquín
Spanish, adjective/piˈkin/
piquín is spelled P-I-Q-U-Í-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 150,504th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piquín is a Spanish adjective meaning “spicy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does piquín mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spicy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of piquín
- piquina feminine
- piquines masculine plural
- piquinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piquín?
- /piˈkin/
- [piˈkĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piquín in Spanish?
piquín appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).