barajar

/[baɾaˈxaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#65,901

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

barajar is aSpanishverb. It means: En el juego de naipes, mezclarlos unos con otros antes de repartirlos. Pronounced [baɾaˈxaɾ].

Key facts for barajar
PropertyValue
Headwordbarajar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[baɾaˈxaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,901
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for barajar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baɾaˈxaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,901 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for barajar 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 barajar, spelled B-A-R-A-J-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En el juego de naipes, mezclarlos unos con otros antes de repartirlos.
  2. 2
    Mezclar y revolver unas personas o cosas con otras.
  3. 3
    Considerar y evaluar las alternativas posibles.
  4. 4
    En el juego de la taba o dados, impedir o embarazar la suerte que se va a hacer.
  5. 5
    Tirar al caballo de una y otra rienda para refrenarlo.
  6. 6
    Barajar la costa
  7. 7
    Agarrar algo antes de que caiga al suelo.
  8. 8
    Bloquear el golpe de un rival.
  9. 9
    Predecir acertadamente algo.
  10. 10
    Obstaculizarle un objetivo a alguien.
  11. 11
    Ignorar con astucia una provocación.
  12. 12
    Atropellar, llevarse de calle alguna cosa.

Frequency rank: #65,901 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barajar"?
"barajar" is spelled B-A-R-A-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [baɾaˈxaɾ].
What does "barajar" mean?
As a verb, "barajar" means: En el juego de naipes, mezclarlos unos con otros antes de repartirlos.
How do you pronounce "barajar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barajar" is [baɾaˈxaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barajar" come from?
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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.