el que se pica, ajos mastica

/[el ke se ˈpika | ˈaxos masˈt̪ika]/ phrase

The verdict

“el que se pica, ajos mastica” 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
28
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Indica que aquel que se siente aludido durante una conversación tiene algo que ocultar o que ver con el motivo de la alusión.

Key facts for el que se pica, ajos mastica
PropertyValue
Headwordel que se pica, ajos mastica
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[el ke se ˈpika | ˈaxos masˈt̪ika]
Letters28
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “el que se pica, ajos mastica” sits in Spanish frequency

el que se pica, ajos mastica 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 que se pica, ajos mastica is 28 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [el ke se ˈpika | ˈaxos masˈt̪ika]. 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: "Indica que aquel que se siente aludido durante una conversación tiene algo que ocultar o que ver con el motivo de la alusión.".

No misspelling variants are generated for el que se pica, ajos mastica 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 que se pica, ajos mastica, spelled E-L- -Q-U-E- -S-E- -P-I-C-A-,- -A-J-O-S- -M-A-S-T-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indica que aquel que se siente aludido durante una conversación tiene algo que ocultar o que ver con el motivo de la alusión.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "el que se pica, ajos mastica"?
"el que se pica, ajos mastica" is spelled E-L- -Q-U-E- -S-E- -P-I-C-A-,- -A-J-O-S- -M-A-S-T-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [el ke se ˈpika | ˈaxos masˈt̪ika].
What does "el que se pica, ajos mastica" mean?
As a phrase, "el que se pica, ajos mastica" means: Indica que aquel que se siente aludido durante una conversación tiene algo que ocultar o que ver con el motivo de la alusión.
How do you pronounce "el que se pica, ajos mastica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "el que se pica, ajos mastica" is [el ke se ˈpika | ˈaxos masˈt̪ika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "el que se pica, ajos mastica" come from?
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Using “el que se pica, ajos mastica”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-L- -Q-U-E- -S-E- -P-I-C-A-,- -A-J-O-S- -M-A-S-T-I-C-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [el ke se ˈpika | ˈaxos masˈt̪ika] (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.