raqueta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French raquette. possibly from Arabic رَاحَةْ اليَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm”), or a variant of rachasser (“chase back, hit back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈkɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈkə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈke.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

raqueta f (plural raquetes)

1. racket
2. snowshoe

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “raqueta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.tɐ/ [haˈkɛ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.tɐ/ [haˈkɛ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.tɐ/ [χaˈkɛ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.ta/ [haˈkɛ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈkɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ra‧que‧ta

Noun

raqueta f (plural raquetas)

1. alternative form of raquete

Further reading

• “raqueta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “raqueta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian racchetta or French raquette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈketa/ [raˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ra‧que‧ta

Noun

raqueta f (plural raquetas)

1. racket
2. snowshoe
3. a slip road on the right-hand side of the main road, used for making left turns or u-turns, a jughandle lane.

Further reading

• “raqueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025