"qué" meaning in Spanish

See qué in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈke/, [ˈke]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Inherited from Latin quid. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|quid|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin quid, {{inh+|es|la|quid}} Inherited from Latin quid Head templates: {{es-adv}} qué
  1. (before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier) Tags: before a noun
    Sense id: en-qué-es-adv-j45Fp0ba
  2. (before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings) Tags: before an adjective
    Sense id: en-qué-es-adv-xLePmvpx Categories (other): Spanish determiners, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish determiners: 13 44 11 0 32 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 6 40 13 0 41

Determiner

IPA: /ˈke/, [ˈke]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Inherited from Latin quid. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|quid|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin quid, {{inh+|es|la|quid}} Inherited from Latin quid Head templates: {{head|es|determiner|interrogative}} qué (interrogative)
  1. what; which (interrogative only) Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-qué-es-det-CyIzZqxS Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 6 40 13 0 41
  2. what; which Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-qué-es-det-s68Ts8wj

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈke/, [ˈke]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Inherited from Latin quid. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|quid|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin quid, {{inh+|es|la|quid}} Inherited from Latin quid Head templates: {{head|es|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} qué
  1. what (interrogative only) Derived forms: no sé qué y no sé cuánto, para qué, por qué, qué demonios, qué sé yo, ¿y qué? Related terms: que, cuál
    Sense id: en-qué-es-pron-UkjiHlu7 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish interrogative pronouns, Spanish links with redundant target parameters, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 6 40 13 0 41 Disambiguation of Spanish interrogative pronouns: 3 12 34 3 48 Disambiguation of Spanish links with redundant target parameters: 3 29 29 0 39 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 5 27 18 0 50

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for qué meaning in Spanish (5.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quid",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Latin quid",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin quid.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "determiner",
        "3": "interrogative"
      },
      "expansion": "qué (interrogative)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "qué"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 40 13 0 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Which shirt do you want?",
          "text": "¿Qué camisa quiere?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what; which (interrogative only)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qué-es-det-CyIzZqxS",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I didn't know what to do",
          "text": "No sabía qué hacer",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what; which"
      ],
      "id": "en-qué-es-det-s68Ts8wj",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈke]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "que"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qué"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quid",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Latin quid",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin quid.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "qué",
      "name": "es-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "qué"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What a pity!",
          "text": "¡Qué lástima!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What luck!",
          "text": "¡Qué suerte!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What a pretty house!",
          "text": "¡Qué casa más bonita!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What shitty weather!",
          "text": "¡Qué mierda de tiempo!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what a; such (used as an intensifier)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qué-es-adv-j45Fp0ba",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "such",
          "such"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "before a noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 44 11 0 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 40 13 0 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How ugly!",
          "text": "¡Qué feo!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He's so tall!",
          "text": "¡Qué alto!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "That's so cool!",
          "text": "¡Qué guay!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qué-es-adv-xLePmvpx",
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "before an adjective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈke]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "que"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qué"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quid",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Latin quid",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin quid.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "interrogative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "qué",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "qué"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 40 13 0 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 12 34 3 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish interrogative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Interrogative pronouns",
            "Interrogative pro-forms",
            "Pronouns",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 29 29 0 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 27 18 0 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "no sé qué y no sé cuánto"
        },
        {
          "word": "para qué"
        },
        {
          "word": "por qué"
        },
        {
          "word": "qué demonios"
        },
        {
          "word": "qué sé yo"
        },
        {
          "word": "¿y qué?"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you see?",
          "text": "¿Qué ves?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what (interrogative only)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qué-es-pron-UkjiHlu7",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "que"
        },
        {
          "word": "cuál"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈke]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "que"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qué"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/e",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/e/1 syllable",
    "Spanish 1-syllable words",
    "Spanish adverbs",
    "Spanish determiners",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish interrogative pronouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish links with redundant target parameters",
    "Spanish pronouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio links",
    "Spanish terms with homophones"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quid",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Latin quid",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin quid.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "determiner",
        "3": "interrogative"
      },
      "expansion": "qué (interrogative)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "qué"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Which shirt do you want?",
          "text": "¿Qué camisa quiere?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what; which (interrogative only)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I didn't know what to do",
          "text": "No sabía qué hacer",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what; which"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈke]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "que"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qué"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/e",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/e/1 syllable",
    "Spanish 1-syllable words",
    "Spanish adverbs",
    "Spanish determiners",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish interrogative pronouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish links with redundant target parameters",
    "Spanish pronouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio links",
    "Spanish terms with homophones"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quid",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Latin quid",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin quid.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "qué",
      "name": "es-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "qué"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What a pity!",
          "text": "¡Qué lástima!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What luck!",
          "text": "¡Qué suerte!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What a pretty house!",
          "text": "¡Qué casa más bonita!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What shitty weather!",
          "text": "¡Qué mierda de tiempo!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what a; such (used as an intensifier)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "such",
          "such"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "before a noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How ugly!",
          "text": "¡Qué feo!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He's so tall!",
          "text": "¡Qué alto!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "That's so cool!",
          "text": "¡Qué guay!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "before an adjective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈke]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "que"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qué"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/e",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/e/1 syllable",
    "Spanish 1-syllable words",
    "Spanish adverbs",
    "Spanish determiners",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish interrogative pronouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish links with redundant target parameters",
    "Spanish pronouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio links",
    "Spanish terms with homophones"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "no sé qué y no sé cuánto"
    },
    {
      "word": "para qué"
    },
    {
      "word": "por qué"
    },
    {
      "word": "qué demonios"
    },
    {
      "word": "qué sé yo"
    },
    {
      "word": "¿y qué?"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quid",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quid"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Latin quid",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin quid.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "interrogative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "qué",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "qué"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "que"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuál"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you see?",
          "text": "¿Qué ves?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what (interrogative only)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈke/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈke]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "que"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qué"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.