carne de gallina

[ˈkaɾne ð̞e ɣ̞aˈʝina]

/[ˈkaɾne ð̞e ɣ̞aˈʝina]/ phrase

The verdict

“carne de gallina” 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
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Condición de la piel en la cual se torna de aspecto similar a la piel de los pollos o gallinas desplumados producto de la erección de los vellos. Es causada por el frío o el nerviosismo.

Key facts for carne de gallina
PropertyValue
Headwordcarne de gallina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈkaɾne ð̞e ɣ̞aˈʝina]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carne de gallina” sits in Spanish frequency

carne de gallina 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 carne de gallina is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾne ð̞e ɣ̞aˈʝina]. 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: "Condición de la piel en la cual se torna de aspecto similar a la piel de los pollos o gallinas desplumados producto de la erección de los vellos. Es causada por el frío o el nerviosismo.".

No misspelling variants are generated for carne de gallina 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 carne de gallina, spelled C-A-R-N-E- -D-E- -G-A-L-L-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Condición de la piel en la cual se torna de aspecto similar a la piel de los pollos o gallinas desplumados producto de la erección de los vellos. Es causada por el frío o el nerviosismo.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carne de gallina"?
"carne de gallina" is spelled C-A-R-N-E- -D-E- -G-A-L-L-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾne ð̞e ɣ̞aˈʝina].
What does "carne de gallina" mean?
As a phrase, "carne de gallina" means: Condición de la piel en la cual se torna de aspecto similar a la piel de los pollos o gallinas desplumados producto de la erección de los vellos. Es causada por el frío o el nerviosismo.
How do you pronounce "carne de gallina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carne de gallina" is [ˈkaɾne ð̞e ɣ̞aˈʝina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “carne de gallina”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-R-N-E- -D-E- -G-A-L-L-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈkaɾne ð̞e ɣ̞aˈʝina] (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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