borrón y cuenta nueva
[boˈrõn i ˈkwẽn̪t̪a ˈnweβ̞a]
The verdict
“borrón y cuenta nueva” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se usa para indicar que una estrategia, implementación o enfoque utilizado para afrontar una problemática no dio resultados y es necesario replantear la solución completamente desde el principio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | borrón y cuenta nueva |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [boˈrõn i ˈkwẽn̪t̪a ˈnweβ̞a] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “borrón y cuenta nueva” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for borrón y cuenta nueva is 21 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈrõn i ˈkwẽn̪t̪a ˈnweβ̞a]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for borrón y cuenta nueva 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 borrón y cuenta nueva, spelled B-O-R-R-Ó-N- -Y- -C-U-E-N-T-A- -N-U-E-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Se usa para indicar que una estrategia, implementación o enfoque utilizado para afrontar una problemática no dio resultados y es necesario replantear la solución completamente desde el principio.
- 2Se usa para indicar que todos las deudas, antecedentes y registros de una persona serán olvidados, esto es, se le perdonan todos las acciones negativas y comenzará a construir su reputación desde cero.
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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- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-R-R-Ó-N- -Y- -C-U-E-N-T-A- -N-U-E-V-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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