de mala gana
[d̪e ˈmala ˈɣ̞ana]
The verdict
“de mala gana” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Con desagrado, a disgusto, obligado por la fuerza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-de-mala-gana · de mala gana · Spanish
de mala gana · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de mala gana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [d̪e ˈmala ˈɣ̞ana] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “de mala gana” en español
Rare enough to double-check
de mala gana is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [d̪e ˈmala ˈɣ̞ana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Con desagrado, a disgusto, obligado por la fuerza.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for de mala gana, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is de mala gana, spelled D-E- -M-A-L-A- -G-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Con desagrado, a disgusto, obligado por la fuerza.
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.