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repique

Spanish, noun

repique is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ring, peal, chime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of repicar. With an accent, repiqué is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of repicar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de repicar o de repicarse”.

What does repique mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinering, peal, chime

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as repiqué
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of repicar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de repicar o de repicarse. 2. Quimera, alteración o cuestión ligera que tiene una persona con otra.

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 repique

  • repiques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to repique

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is repique in Spanish?

repique appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).