amonestar

/[amonesˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#99,183

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

amonestar is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite. Pronounced [amonesˈt̪aɾ].

Key facts for amonestar
PropertyValue
Headwordamonestar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[amonesˈt̪aɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of amonestar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for amonestar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [amonesˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,183 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for amonestar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 amonestar, spelled A-M-O-N-E-S-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite.
  2. 2
    Advertir y aplicar un correctivo a una persona por una falta que esta haya cometido. Suele ser más leve que una sanción en sí.
  3. 3
    Publicar en la iglesia al tiempo de la misa mayor los nombres y otras circunstancias de las personas que quieren contraer matrimonio u ordenarse, para que si alguien supiere algún impedimento lo denuncie.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #99,183 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amonestar"?
"amonestar" is spelled A-M-O-N-E-S-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [amonesˈt̪aɾ].
What does "amonestar" mean?
As a verb, "amonestar" means: Hacer presente alguna cosa para que se considere, procure o evite.
How do you pronounce "amonestar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amonestar" is [amonesˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amonestar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.