dorar

/[d̪oˈɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,979

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

dorar is aSpanishverb. It means: Cubrir con oro la superficie de una cosa. Pronounced [d̪oˈɾaɾ].

Key facts for dorar
PropertyValue
Headworddorar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪oˈɾaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#59,979
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dorar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dorar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪oˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,979 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for dorar 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 dorar, spelled D-O-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cubrir con oro la superficie de una cosa.
  2. 2
    Aportar color áureo a algo.
  3. 3
    Tostar ligeramente algún alimento.
  4. 4
    Atenuar, mitigar de manera agradable hechos o acontecimientos en sí deplorables.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #59,979 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dorar"?
"dorar" is spelled D-O-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪oˈɾaɾ].
What does "dorar" mean?
As a verb, "dorar" means: Cubrir con oro la superficie de una cosa.
How do you pronounce "dorar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dorar" is [d̪oˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dorar" 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.