traqueto

[t̪ɾaˈket̪o]

/[t̪ɾaˈket̪o]/ noun

The verdict

“traqueto” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que trafica con drogas ilegales.

Corpus desk

Index ES-traqueto · traqueto · Spanish

traqueto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for traqueto
PropertyValue
Headwordtraqueto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪ɾaˈket̪o]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “traqueto” en español

traquetoestá más allá de las 100.000 formas más frecuentes del español, en la cola de léxico especializado o poco usado donde la duda ortográfica aprieta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

traqueto is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ɾaˈket̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for traqueto in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is traqueto, spelled T-R-A-Q-U-E-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que trafica con drogas ilegales.
  2. 2
    Persona que asesina a cambio de un pago, generalmente al servicio de una organización del narcotráfico.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, persona metida en cualquier negocio considerado ilegal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how traqueto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. (uso sustantivo) "Pablo Escobar Gaviria era como un Robin Hood, según decían en la época, un traqueto que regalaba barrios y casas a los pobres. Traqueto porque vendía droga".
  2. (uso adjetivo) "Yésica estaba empezando a armar toda una estrategia de mercadeo para conseguirle a Catalina un novio traqueto".

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "traqueto"?
"traqueto" is spelled T-R-A-Q-U-E-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾaˈket̪o].
What does "traqueto" mean?
As a noun, "traqueto" means: Persona que trafica con drogas ilegales.
How do you pronounce "traqueto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traqueto" is [t̪ɾaˈket̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "traqueto" come from?
"traqueto" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list