triquitraque
Spanish, noun/tɾikiˈtɾake/
triquitraque is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “firecracker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Golpeteo, ruido repetitivo semejante al de los golpes. sin un orden predecible”.
What does triquitraque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirecracker
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Golpeteo, ruido repetitivo semejante al de los golpes. sin un orden predecible. 2. Conjunto de golpes sucesivos y desordenados. 3. Artefacto de pólvora consistente en un rollo pequeño que produce una serie de detonaciones al encender la mecha. 4. Proyectil pequeño de pólvora que, al encenderse, se desplaza rápidamente a ras de suelo.
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 triquitraque
- triquitraques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce triquitraque?
- /tɾikiˈtɾake/
- [t̪ɾi.kiˈt̪ɾa.ke]
- [t̪ɾikiˈt̪ɾake]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to triquitraque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is triquitraque in Spanish?
triquitraque appears about once in every 89 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).