estar pilas
[esˈt̪aɾ ˈpilas]
The verdict
“estar pilas” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner atención, estar alerta, ser perspicaz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estar-pilas · estar pilas · Spanish
estar pilas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | estar pilas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [esˈt̪aɾ ˈpilas] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “estar pilas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
estar pilas is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [esˈt̪aɾ ˈpilas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poner atención, estar alerta, ser perspicaz.".
estar pilas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is estar pilas, spelled E-S-T-A-R- -P-I-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Poner atención, estar alerta, ser perspicaz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how estar pilas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pero para pensar y hacer las cosas bien, hay que estar pilas a lo que está pasando en el mundo
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.