llevarse entre las patas

[ʝeˈβ̞aɾse ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe las ˈpat̪as]

/[ʝeˈβ̞aɾse ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe las ˈpat̪as]/ phrase

The verdict

“llevarse entre las patas” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Perjudicar a alguien sin intención, al verse involucrado en una situación ajena.

Key facts for llevarse entre las patas
PropertyValue
Headwordllevarse entre las patas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ʝeˈβ̞aɾse ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe las ˈpat̪as]
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “llevarse entre las patas” sits in Spanish frequency

llevarse entre las patas falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llevarse entre las patas is 24 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝeˈβ̞aɾse ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe las ˈpat̪as]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Perjudicar a alguien sin intención, al verse involucrado en una situación ajena.".

No misspelling variants are generated for llevarse entre las patas 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 llevarse entre las patas, spelled L-L-E-V-A-R-S-E- -E-N-T-R-E- -L-A-S- -P-A-T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perjudicar a alguien sin intención, al verse involucrado en una situación ajena.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llevarse entre las patas"?
"llevarse entre las patas" is spelled L-L-E-V-A-R-S-E- -E-N-T-R-E- -L-A-S- -P-A-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝeˈβ̞aɾse ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe las ˈpat̪as].
What does "llevarse entre las patas" mean?
As a phrase, "llevarse entre las patas" means: Perjudicar a alguien sin intención, al verse involucrado en una situación ajena.
How do you pronounce "llevarse entre las patas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llevarse entre las patas" is [ʝeˈβ̞aɾse ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe las ˈpat̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “llevarse entre las patas”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is L-L-E-V-A-R-S-E- -E-N-T-R-E- -L-A-S- -P-A-T-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʝeˈβ̞aɾse ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe las ˈpat̪as] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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