echar en cara
[eˈt͡ʃaɾ ẽŋ ˈkaɾa]
The verdict
“echar en cara” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reprender, reconvenir, reprochar o presionar a alguien recordándole algo censurable o un beneficio concedido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-echar-en-cara · echar en cara · Spanish
echar en cara · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | echar en cara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [eˈt͡ʃaɾ ẽŋ ˈkaɾa] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “echar en cara” en español
Rare enough to double-check
echar en cara is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [eˈt͡ʃaɾ ẽŋ ˈkaɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reprender, reconvenir, reprochar o presionar a alguien recordándole algo censurable o un beneficio concedido.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for echar en cara, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is echar en cara, spelled E-C-H-A-R- -E-N- -C-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Reprender, reconvenir, reprochar o presionar a alguien recordándole algo censurable o un beneficio concedido.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how echar en cara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Me insultó echándome en cara lo que constituía mi remordimiento secreto y me hirió en lo más sensible de mi ser
This word in other languages
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.