engurruñir
[ẽŋguruˈɲiɾ]
The verdict
“engurruñir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reducir o disminuir algo, especialmente poniéndole arrugas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-engurrunir · engurruñir · Spanish
engurruñir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | engurruñir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋguruˈɲiɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “engurruñir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
engurruñir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋguruˈɲiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for engurruñir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is engurruñir, spelled E-N-G-U-R-R-U-Ñ-I-R.
Definition
- 1Reducir o disminuir algo, especialmente poniéndole arrugas.
- 2Causar tristeza o baja autoestima; hacer perder los ánimos o la fuerza emocional.
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.