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twerking

Spanish, noun/ˈtweɾkin/

twerking is spelled T-W-E-R-K-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Twerking is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “twerking (a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance and shaking their…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does twerking mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetwerking (a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance and shaking their buttocks)

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

Forms of twerking

  • twerkings plural

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

How do you pronounce twerking?

  • /ˈtweɾkin/
  • [ˈt̪weɾ.kĩn]

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

English words that translate to twerking

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

How common is twerking in Spanish?

twerking appears about once in every 6 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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