lamente

/[laˈmẽn̪t̪e]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#72,926

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

lamente is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de lamentar o de lamentarse. Pronounced [laˈmẽn̪t̪e].

Key facts for lamente
PropertyValue
Headwordlamente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[laˈmẽn̪t̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lamente is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈmẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,926 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for lamente in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.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 lamente, spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de lamentar o de lamentarse.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de lamentar o de lamentarse.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de lamentar o del imperativo negativo de lamentarse.

Frequency rank: #72,926 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lamente"?
"lamente" is spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈmẽn̪t̪e].
What does "lamente" mean?
As a verb, "lamente" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de lamentar o de lamentarse.
How do you pronounce "lamente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lamente" is [laˈmẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lamente" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.