trapicheo
Spanish, noun
trapicheo is spelled T-R-A-P-I-C-H-E-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 110,969th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trapicheo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “trick, plot, scheme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of trapichear. With an accent, trapicheó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of trapichear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de trapichear”.
What does trapicheo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrick, plot, scheme
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of trapichear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of trapichear
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 trapichear. 2. Comercio de mercaderías al detalle o menudeo, normalmente fuera del ámbito legal. 3. En particular, comercio de pequeñas cantidades de drogas.
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 trapicheo
- trapicheos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is trapicheo in Spanish?
trapicheo 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).