lambiar
[lãmˈbjaɾ]
The verdict
“lambiar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frotar algo con el dorso de la lengua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lambiar · lambiar · Spanish
lambiar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lambiar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [lãmˈbjaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lambiar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lambiar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [lãmˈbjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frotar algo con el dorso de la lengua.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lambiar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is lambiar, spelled L-A-M-B-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Frotar algo con el dorso de la lengua.
This word in other languages
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.