dejarse en el tintero

/[d̪eˈxaɾse ẽn el̪ t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾo]/ phrase

The verdict

“dejarse en el tintero” 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
21
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Olvidar decir o hacer algo.

Key facts for dejarse en el tintero
PropertyValue
Headworddejarse en el tintero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[d̪eˈxaɾse ẽn el̪ t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾo]
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dejarse en el tintero” sits in Spanish frequency

dejarse en el tintero 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 dejarse en el tintero is 21 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈxaɾse ẽn el̪ t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾo]. 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: "Olvidar decir o hacer algo.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dejarse en el tintero 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 dejarse en el tintero, spelled D-E-J-A-R-S-E- -E-N- -E-L- -T-I-N-T-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Olvidar decir o hacer algo.

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 "dejarse en el tintero"?
"dejarse en el tintero" is spelled D-E-J-A-R-S-E- -E-N- -E-L- -T-I-N-T-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈxaɾse ẽn el̪ t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾo].
What does "dejarse en el tintero" mean?
As a phrase, "dejarse en el tintero" means: Olvidar decir o hacer algo.
How do you pronounce "dejarse en el tintero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dejarse en el tintero" is [d̪eˈxaɾse ẽn el̪ t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “dejarse en el tintero”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-J-A-R-S-E- -E-N- -E-L- -T-I-N-T-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [d̪eˈxaɾse ẽn el̪ t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾo] (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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