abrir la mano
[aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈmano]
The verdict
“abrir la mano” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Aceptar presentes y favores.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abrir la mano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈmano] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abrir la mano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for abrir la mano is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈmano]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for abrir la mano in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is abrir la mano, spelled A-B-R-I-R- -L-A- -M-A-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Aceptar presentes y favores.
- 2Dar con generosidad.
- 3Relajar la disciplina adoptando una postura menos severa y más flexible.
- 4Soltar las riendas para darle libertad.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abrir la mano”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-R-I-R- -L-A- -M-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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