estar como una regadera

/[esˈt̪aɾ ˈkomo ˈuna reɣ̞aˈð̞eɾa]/ phrase

The verdict

“estar como una regadera” 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
23
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Comportarse de forma irracional.

Key facts for estar como una regadera
PropertyValue
Headwordestar como una regadera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[esˈt̪aɾ ˈkomo ˈuna reɣ̞aˈð̞eɾa]
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “estar como una regadera” sits in Spanish frequency

estar como una regadera 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 estar como una regadera is 23 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈt̪aɾ ˈkomo ˈuna reɣ̞aˈð̞eɾa]. 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: "Comportarse de forma irracional.".

No misspelling variants are generated for estar como una regadera 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 estar como una regadera, spelled E-S-T-A-R- -C-O-M-O- -U-N-A- -R-E-G-A-D-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comportarse de forma irracional.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estar como una regadera"?
"estar como una regadera" is spelled E-S-T-A-R- -C-O-M-O- -U-N-A- -R-E-G-A-D-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈt̪aɾ ˈkomo ˈuna reɣ̞aˈð̞eɾa].
What does "estar como una regadera" mean?
As a phrase, "estar como una regadera" means: Comportarse de forma irracional.
How do you pronounce "estar como una regadera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estar como una regadera" is [esˈt̪aɾ ˈkomo ˈuna reɣ̞aˈð̞eɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “estar como una regadera”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-A-R- -C-O-M-O- -U-N-A- -R-E-G-A-D-E-R-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [esˈt̪aɾ ˈkomo ˈuna reɣ̞aˈð̞eɾa] (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.