el ojo del amo engorda al caballo

/[el ˈoxo ð̞el ˈamo ẽŋˈgoɾð̞a al kaˈβ̞aʝo]/ proverb

The verdict

“el ojo del amo engorda al caballo” 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
33
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Refrán que aconseja vigilar lo que se tiene de valor, en especial de un negocio en lugar de confiar en personas ajenas para ello.

Key facts for el ojo del amo engorda al caballo
PropertyValue
Headwordel ojo del amo engorda al caballo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProverb
IPA[el ˈoxo ð̞el ˈamo ẽŋˈgoɾð̞a al kaˈβ̞aʝo]
Letters33
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “el ojo del amo engorda al caballo” sits in Spanish frequency

el ojo del amo engorda al caballo 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 ojo del amo engorda al caballo is 33 letters long, classified as a proverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [el ˈoxo ð̞el ˈamo ẽŋˈgoɾð̞a al kaˈβ̞aʝo]. 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: "Refrán que aconseja vigilar lo que se tiene de valor, en especial de un negocio en lugar de confiar en personas ajenas para ello.".

No misspelling variants are generated for el ojo del amo engorda al caballo 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 ojo del amo engorda al caballo, spelled E-L- -O-J-O- -D-E-L- -A-M-O- -E-N-G-O-R-D-A- -A-L- -C-A-B-A-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Refrán que aconseja vigilar lo que se tiene de valor, en especial de un negocio en lugar de confiar en personas ajenas para ello.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "el ojo del amo engorda al caballo"?
"el ojo del amo engorda al caballo" is spelled E-L- -O-J-O- -D-E-L- -A-M-O- -E-N-G-O-R-D-A- -A-L- -C-A-B-A-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [el ˈoxo ð̞el ˈamo ẽŋˈgoɾð̞a al kaˈβ̞aʝo].
What does "el ojo del amo engorda al caballo" mean?
As a proverb, "el ojo del amo engorda al caballo" means: Refrán que aconseja vigilar lo que se tiene de valor, en especial de un negocio en lugar de confiar en personas ajenas para ello.
How do you pronounce "el ojo del amo engorda al caballo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "el ojo del amo engorda al caballo" is [el ˈoxo ð̞el ˈamo ẽŋˈgoɾð̞a al kaˈβ̞aʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "el ojo del amo engorda al caballo" come from?
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Using “el ojo del amo engorda al caballo”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-L- -O-J-O- -D-E-L- -A-M-O- -E-N-G-O-R-D-A- -A-L- -C-A-B-A-L-L-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [el ˈoxo ð̞el ˈamo ẽŋˈgoɾð̞a al kaˈβ̞aʝo] (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.