angostar
[ãŋgosˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“angostar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disminuir la anchura (la menor de las dimensiones de una figura plana) o la amplitud de algo; hacer más angosto o estrecho.
Corpus desk
Index ES-angostar · angostar · Spanish
angostar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angostar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ãŋgosˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “angostar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
angostar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ãŋgosˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disminuir la anchura (la menor de las dimensiones de una figura plana) o la amplitud de algo; hacer más angosto o estrecho.".
No misspelling variants are generated for angostar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is angostar, spelled A-N-G-O-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Disminuir la anchura (la menor de las dimensiones de una figura plana) o la amplitud de algo; hacer más angosto o estrecho.
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.