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baqueta

Portuguese, noun/baˈke.tɐ/

baqueta is spelled B-A-Q-U-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baqueta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “drumstick (stick to play drums)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vareta de madeira para percussão”.

What does baqueta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedrumstick (stick to play drums)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. vareta de madeira para percussão

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of baqueta

  • baquetas plural
  • vaqueta alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce baqueta?

  • Brazil /baˈke.tɐ/
  • Portugal /bɐˈke.tɐ/

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

English words that translate to baqueta

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

How common is baqueta in Portuguese?

baqueta appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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