guardapolvo

/[gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#66,981

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

guardapolvo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Nombre de todo aquello con que se cubre un objeto para resguardarlo del polvo. Pronounced [gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o].

Key facts for guardapolvo
PropertyValue
Headwordguardapolvo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o]
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,981
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for guardapolvo is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,981 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for guardapolvo 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 guardapolvo, spelled G-U-A-R-D-A-P-O-L-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de todo aquello con que se cubre un objeto para resguardarlo del polvo.
  2. 2
    Pieza de cuero que en el botín de montar cae sobre el empeine.
  3. 3
    Cada uno de los hierros que en los coches van desde el balancín grande hasta el eje.
  4. 4
    Tapa interior que resguarda del polvo la máquina de un reloj de bolsillo.

Frequency rank: #66,981 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guardapolvo"?
"guardapolvo" is spelled G-U-A-R-D-A-P-O-L-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o].
What does "guardapolvo" mean?
As a noun, "guardapolvo" means: Nombre de todo aquello con que se cubre un objeto para resguardarlo del polvo.
How do you pronounce "guardapolvo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guardapolvo" is [gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guardapolvo" 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.