roque
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɔ.ki/
roque is spelled R-O-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of rock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of rocar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que torre”.
What does roque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of rock
noun
- 1
masculinecastling (move in chess)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que torre 2. movimento combinado do rei e de uma das torres, que se transporta para uma posição mais atuante a fim de dar mais segurança ao rei
noun: 1. cogumelo comestível da espécie Macrolepiota procera
noun: 1. música e dança muito agitada, de origem norte-americana
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 roque
- roques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roque?
- Brazil /ˈʁɔ.ki/
- Brazil [ˈhɔ.ki]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roque in Portuguese?
roque appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).