holgar
[olˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“holgar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Descansar, tomar aliento después de alguna fatiga.
Corpus desk
Index ES-holgar · holgar · Spanish
holgar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | holgar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [olˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “holgar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
holgar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [olˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for holgar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is holgar, spelled H-O-L-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Descansar, tomar aliento después de alguna fatiga.
- 2Estar ocioso, no trabajar.
- 3No estar bien ajustada una cosa con otra, no coincidir, estar flojo.
- 4Divertirse, entretenerse con gusto y alegría en alguna cosa.
- 5Se dice de las cosas inanimadas, que están sin ejercicio o sin uso.
- 6No tener relevancia o utilidad; estar de más.
- 7Permanecer en un lugar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how holgar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Sé que no sé si deseo que crezca mi mal esquivo, huelgo, trabajo, peleo, corro, descanso, rodeo, temo, espero, muero, vivo, tienen ya tal amistad mi mal y mi voluntad, que ahora tengo despecho del tiempo tan sin provecho que estuve en mi libertad».
«Dijo el asno: “Bien estaba aquí, donde huelgo más y peco menos. Pero anda, allá vamos; bien veo que, si al principio no te creyera, quando despertaste mi codicia, no fuera metido en necesidad forzosa como al comienzo fue voluntaria”».
Synonyms
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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.