pliegue
Spanish, noun/ˈpljeɡe/
pliegue is spelled P-L-I-E-G-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pliegue is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a fold or crease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of plegar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte en que una superficie se dobla, donde no está lisa o extendida”.
What does pliegue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea fold or crease
- 2
masculinea pleat, tuck
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte en que una superficie se dobla, donde no está lisa o extendida. 2. Señal que queda en una superficie que fue plegada, en el lugar donde se dobló. 3. Acción y resultado de doblar o plegar algo flexible para fines estéticos o prácticos. 4. Deformación que se produce en la corteza de la tierra por el movimiento de rocas que han sido sometidas a una presión lateral.
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 pliegue
- pliegues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pliegue?
- /ˈpljeɡe/
- [ˈplje.ɣ̞e]
- [ˈpljeɣ̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pliegue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pliegue in Spanish?
pliegue 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).