rechinar
Spanish, verb/ret͡ʃiˈnaɾ/
rechinar is spelled R-E-C-H-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to squeak, squeal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir un ruido agudo y estridente, en especial el que se produce por fricción de dos objetos”.
What does rechinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to squeak, squeal
- 2
to grind (one's teeth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir un ruido agudo y estridente, en especial el que se produce por fricción de dos objetos. 2. Reaccionar o actuar con disgusto, fastidio o repugnancia.
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 rechinar
- rechino first-person present singular
- rechiné first-person preterite singular
- rechinado participle past
- rechinando gerund
- rechinada feminine participle past
- rechinados masculine participle past
- rechinadas feminine participle past
- rechinas indicative informal present
- rechinás indicative informal present
- rechina indicative present singular
- rechinamos first-person indicative plural
- rechináis indicative plural present
- rechinan indicative plural present
- rechinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rechinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rechinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rechinabais imperfect indicative plural
- rechinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rechinar?
- /ret͡ʃiˈnaɾ/
- [re.t͡ʃiˈnaɾ]
- [ret͡ʃiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rechinar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rechinar in Spanish?
rechinar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).