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twerkear

Spanish, verb/tweɾkeˈaɾ/

twerkear is spelled T-W-E-R-K-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Twerkear is a Spanish verb meaning “to twerk (to dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bailar el perreo”.

What does twerkear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to twerk (to dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Bailar el perreo.

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 twerkear

  • twerkeo first-person present singular
  • twerkeé first-person preterite singular
  • twerkeado participle past
  • twerkeando gerund
  • twerkeada feminine participle past
  • twerkeados masculine participle past
  • twerkeadas feminine participle past
  • twerkeas indicative informal present
  • twerkeás indicative informal present
  • twerkea indicative present singular
  • twerkeamos first-person indicative plural
  • twerkeáis indicative plural present
  • twerkean indicative plural present
  • twerkeaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • twerkeabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • twerkeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • twerkeabais imperfect indicative plural
  • twerkeaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce twerkear?

  • /tweɾkeˈaɾ/
  • [t̪weɾ.keˈaɾ]
  • [t̪weɾkeˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to twerkear

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

How common is twerkear in Spanish?

twerkear appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.

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

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