cantar la tabla

[kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ la ˈt̪aβ̞la]

/[kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ la ˈt̪aβ̞la]/ phrase

The verdict

“cantar la tabla” 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) — Reconvenir severamente a una persona y enumerarle (manifestar en una retahíla) todos sus errores o actos que han ofendido al hablante.

Key facts for cantar la tabla
PropertyValue
Headwordcantar la tabla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ la ˈt̪aβ̞la]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cantar la tabla” sits in Spanish frequency

cantar la tabla 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 cantar la tabla is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ la ˈt̪aβ̞la]. 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: "Reconvenir severamente a una persona y enumerarle (manifestar en una retahíla) todos sus errores o actos que han ofendido al hablante.".

No misspelling variants are generated for cantar la tabla 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 cantar la tabla, spelled C-A-N-T-A-R- -L-A- -T-A-B-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reconvenir severamente a una persona y enumerarle (manifestar en una retahíla) todos sus errores o actos que han ofendido al hablante.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cantar la tabla"?
"cantar la tabla" is spelled C-A-N-T-A-R- -L-A- -T-A-B-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ la ˈt̪aβ̞la].
What does "cantar la tabla" mean?
As a phrase, "cantar la tabla" means: Reconvenir severamente a una persona y enumerarle (manifestar en una retahíla) todos sus errores o actos que han ofendido al hablante.
How do you pronounce "cantar la tabla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cantar la tabla" is [kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ la ˈt̪aβ̞la]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “cantar la tabla”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-N-T-A-R- -L-A- -T-A-B-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ la ˈt̪aβ̞la] (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.

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