toquetear
Spanish, verb/toketeˈaɾ/
toquetear is spelled T-O-Q-U-E-T-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toquetear is a Spanish verb meaning “to handle; fiddle (with)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tocar reiteradamente y sin tino, ni orden”.
What does toquetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to handle; fiddle (with)
- 2
colloquialto touch up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tocar reiteradamente y sin tino, ni orden. 2. Por extensión, realizar ajustes y retoques en un sistema de forma innecesaria cuando ya está funcionando óptimamente.
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 toquetear
- toqueteo first-person present singular
- toqueteé first-person preterite singular
- toqueteado participle past
- toqueteando gerund
- toqueteada feminine participle past
- toqueteados masculine participle past
- toqueteadas feminine participle past
- toqueteas indicative informal present
- toqueteás indicative informal present
- toquetea indicative present singular
- toqueteamos first-person indicative plural
- toqueteáis indicative plural present
- toquetean indicative plural present
- toqueteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- toqueteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- toqueteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- toqueteabais imperfect indicative plural
- toqueteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce toquetear?
- /toketeˈaɾ/
- [t̪o.ke.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [t̪oket̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to toquetear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is toquetear in Spanish?
toquetear appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).