de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras

/[d̪e leˈxanas ˈt̪jeras | ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪es mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾas]/ proverb

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de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras is aSpanishproverb. It means: Aconseja prudencia ante lo que afirma gente que viene de lejos, por lo difícil que es comprobar la veracidad de lo que dicen. Pronounced [d̪e leˈxanas ˈt̪jeras | ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪es mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾas].

Key facts for de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras
PropertyValue
Headwordde lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProverb
IPA[d̪e leˈxanas ˈt̪jeras | ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪es mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾas]
Letters36
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Spanish corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras is 36 letters long, classified as aproverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪e leˈxanas ˈt̪jeras | ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪es mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾas]. 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: "Aconseja prudencia ante lo que afirma gente que viene de lejos, por lo difícil que es comprobar la veracidad de lo que dicen.".

No misspelling variants are generated for de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras 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 de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras, spelled D-E- -L-E-J-A-N-A-S- -T-I-E-R-R-A-S-,- -G-R-A-N-D-E-S- -M-E-N-T-I-R-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aconseja prudencia ante lo que afirma gente que viene de lejos, por lo difícil que es comprobar la veracidad de lo que dicen.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras"?
"de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras" is spelled D-E- -L-E-J-A-N-A-S- -T-I-E-R-R-A-S-,- -G-R-A-N-D-E-S- -M-E-N-T-I-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪e leˈxanas ˈt̪jeras | ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪es mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾas].
What does "de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras" mean?
As a proverb, "de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras" means: Aconseja prudencia ante lo que afirma gente que viene de lejos, por lo difícil que es comprobar la veracidad de lo que dicen.
How do you pronounce "de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras" is [d̪e leˈxanas ˈt̪jeras | ˈɣ̞ɾãn̪d̪es mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "de lejanas tierras, grandes mentiras" 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.