quesque
Spanish, adverb/ˈkeske/
quesque is spelled Q-U-E-S-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quesque is a Spanish adverb meaning “synonym of dizque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Supuestamente, presuntamente, según dicen, al parecer (presenta una idea sobre la que quien habla no asume…”.
What does quesque mean in English?
adverb
- 1
Mexicocolloquialsynonym of dizque
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Supuestamente, presuntamente, según dicen, al parecer (presenta una idea sobre la que quien habla no asume autoría; puede indicar duda, escepticismo o simplemente referirse a algo que otro ha dicho).
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.
How do you pronounce quesque?
- /ˈkeske/
- [ˈkes.ke]
- [ˈkeske]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quesque in Spanish?
quesque appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).