lavarse las manos

/[laˈβ̞aɾse las ˈmanos]/ phrase

Letters

17 characters

Language

Spanish

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

lavarse las manos is aSpanishphrase. It means: No inmiscuirse en un asunto. Pronounced [laˈβ̞aɾse las ˈmanos].

Key facts for lavarse las manos
PropertyValue
Headwordlavarse las manos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[laˈβ̞aɾse las ˈmanos]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

lavarse las manos is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Spanish corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lavarse las manos is 17 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈβ̞aɾse las ˈmanos]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for lavarse las manos 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 lavarse las manos, spelled L-A-V-A-R-S-E- -L-A-S- -M-A-N-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    No inmiscuirse en un asunto.
  2. 2
    Desentenderse de alguna responsabilidad.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lavarse las manos"?
"lavarse las manos" is spelled L-A-V-A-R-S-E- -L-A-S- -M-A-N-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈβ̞aɾse las ˈmanos].
What does "lavarse las manos" mean?
As a phrase, "lavarse las manos" means: No inmiscuirse en un asunto.
How do you pronounce "lavarse las manos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lavarse las manos" is [laˈβ̞aɾse las ˈmanos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lavarse las manos" 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.