q
Spanish, pronoun
q is spelled Q (one letter) and appears 148 times per million words in written Spanish, the 575th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Q is a Spanish pronoun meaning “abbreviation of que (“that”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Q is a different word: “The eighteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin…”. With a tilde, q̃ is a different word: “scribal abbreviation of que”.
What does q mean in English?
letter
- 1
The eighteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
pronoun
- 1
abbreviation of que (“that”)
Hay un policía en la ruta q más uso.
- 2
abbreviation of qué (“what”)
q pasó?
letter
- 1
The eighteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
conjunction
- 1
obsoletescribal abbreviation of que
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Grafía obsoleta de que.
letter: 1. Decimoctava letra del alfabeto español y decimocuarta consonante. Su nombre es cu y representa el fonema consonántico oclusivo velar sordo.
abbreviation: 1. Grafía obsoleta de que.
letter: 1. Decimoctava letra del abecedario español. Su nombre es cu (plural cus o cúes) y representa en general un fonema consonante oclusivo velar sordo. Se emplea antes de la letra u, que en ese caso es muda.
abbreviation: 1. Que. 2. Qué.
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 q
- Q uppercase
- q lowercase
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is q in Spanish?
q appears 148 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).