gotear

/[got̪eˈaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#97,433

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gotear is aSpanishverb. It means: Dicho de un líquido: Salir o fluir en pequeñas porciones (gota a gota). Pronounced [got̪eˈaɾ].

Key facts for gotear
PropertyValue
Headwordgotear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[got̪eˈaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#97,433
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gotear in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gotear is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [got̪eˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,433 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for gotear in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 gotear, spelled G-O-T-E-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de un líquido: Salir o fluir en pequeñas porciones (gota a gota).
  2. 2
    Dicho de una cosa: Echar gotas de líquido o dejarlas caer.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #97,433 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gotear"?
"gotear" is spelled G-O-T-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [got̪eˈaɾ].
What does "gotear" mean?
As a verb, "gotear" means: Dicho de un líquido: Salir o fluir en pequeñas porciones (gota a gota).
How do you pronounce "gotear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gotear" is [got̪eˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gotear" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.