quiché
Spanish, noun
quiché is spelled Q-U-I-C-H-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiché is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “K'iche' (people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, quiche is a different word: “quiche (pie made from eggs)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Idioma hablado por la etnia de este nombre, parte de la familia de lenguas mayenses, es una lengua oficial y…”.
What does quiché mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineK'iche' (Mayan people)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineK'iche' (people)
noun
- 1
masculineK'iche' (language)
noun
- 1
quiche (pie made from eggs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pastel de masa quebrada y relleno salado ligado con huevo.
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio del grupo étnico mesoamericano precolombino más numeroso de Guatemala, asentado en el altiplano Guatemalteco en el año 1225, que tuvo influencias mayas y olmecas, y que tuvo su máximo apogeo en el siglo XV, durante el reinado del rey Quikab (Kʼiqʼabʼ).
noun: 1. Idioma hablado por la etnia de este nombre, parte de la familia de lenguas mayenses, es una lengua oficial y nacional de Guatemala y de México.
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 quiché
- f same meaning canonical
- quiches plural
- quichés feminine masculine plural
- kiché alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to quiché
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quiché in Spanish?
quiché 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).