abrir la puerta

[aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈpweɾt̪a]

/[aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈpweɾt̪a]/ phrase

The verdict

“abrir la puerta” 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
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Dar la oportunidad para que algo ocurra o se desarrolle.

Key facts for abrir la puerta
PropertyValue
Headwordabrir la puerta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈpweɾt̪a]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “abrir la puerta” sits in Spanish frequency

abrir la puerta falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for abrir la puerta is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈpweɾt̪a]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dar la oportunidad para que algo ocurra o se desarrolle.".

No misspelling variants are generated for abrir la puerta 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 puerta, spelled A-B-R-I-R- -L-A- -P-U-E-R-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar la oportunidad para que algo ocurra o se desarrolle.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abrir la puerta"?
"abrir la puerta" is spelled A-B-R-I-R- -L-A- -P-U-E-R-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈpweɾt̪a].
What does "abrir la puerta" mean?
As a phrase, "abrir la puerta" means: Dar la oportunidad para que algo ocurra o se desarrolle.
How do you pronounce "abrir la puerta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abrir la puerta" is [aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈpweɾt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “abrir la puerta”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-R-I-R- -L-A- -P-U-E-R-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [aˈβ̞ɾiɾ la ˈpweɾt̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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