el flojo trabaja dos veces

/[el ˈfloxo t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa ˈð̞os ˈβ̞eses]/ proverb

The verdict

“el flojo trabaja dos veces” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a proverb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
26
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Sentencia que da a entender que el que hace mal las cosas por pereza tiene que repetirlas.

Key facts for el flojo trabaja dos veces
PropertyValue
Headwordel flojo trabaja dos veces
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProverb
IPA[el ˈfloxo t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa ˈð̞os ˈβ̞eses]
Letters26
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “el flojo trabaja dos veces” sits in Spanish frequency

el flojo trabaja dos veces 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 el flojo trabaja dos veces is 26 letters long, classified as a proverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [el ˈfloxo t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa ˈð̞os ˈβ̞eses]. 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: "Sentencia que da a entender que el que hace mal las cosas por pereza tiene que repetirlas.".

No misspelling variants are generated for el flojo trabaja dos veces 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 el flojo trabaja dos veces, spelled E-L- -F-L-O-J-O- -T-R-A-B-A-J-A- -D-O-S- -V-E-C-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentencia que da a entender que el que hace mal las cosas por pereza tiene que repetirlas.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "el flojo trabaja dos veces"?
"el flojo trabaja dos veces" is spelled E-L- -F-L-O-J-O- -T-R-A-B-A-J-A- -D-O-S- -V-E-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [el ˈfloxo t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa ˈð̞os ˈβ̞eses].
What does "el flojo trabaja dos veces" mean?
As a proverb, "el flojo trabaja dos veces" means: Sentencia que da a entender que el que hace mal las cosas por pereza tiene que repetirlas.
How do you pronounce "el flojo trabaja dos veces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "el flojo trabaja dos veces" is [el ˈfloxo t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa ˈð̞os ˈβ̞eses]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “el flojo trabaja dos veces”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-L- -F-L-O-J-O- -T-R-A-B-A-J-A- -D-O-S- -V-E-C-E-S — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [el ˈfloxo t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa ˈð̞os ˈβ̞eses] (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.