irse al tacho
[ˈiɾse al̪ ˈt̪at͡ʃo]
The verdict
“irse al tacho” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fracasar o fallar algún empeño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-irse-al-tacho · irse al tacho · Spanish
irse al tacho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | irse al tacho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈiɾse al̪ ˈt̪at͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “irse al tacho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
irse al tacho is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈiɾse al̪ ˈt̪at͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for irse al tacho, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is irse al tacho, spelled I-R-S-E- -A-L- -T-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Fracasar o fallar algún empeño.
- 2Llegar al fin de la vida.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how irse al tacho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tras el golpe, Ricardo García, identificado públicamente con la Unidad Popular, fue vetado de todos los medios y su carrera como dejota se fue al tacho. Ya sin trabajo en la radio asistió a la desaparición por decreto del movimiento musical al que tanto había contribuido. Mientras las zampoñas y charangos eran prohibidos por evocar conceptos marxistas, la…
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.