malgastar
Letters
9 characters
Frequency Rank
#39,329
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
14
tracked variants
Confusables
1
similar word pairs
malgastar is aSpanishverb. It means: Utilizar el dinero en objetos o servicios de mala calidad o de poca utilidad. Pronounced [malɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]. Often confused with malestar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malgastar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [malɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for malgastar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [malɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,329 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for malgastar, with forms such as "amlgastar", "maglastar", and "malagstar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "malestar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 malgastar, spelled M-A-L-G-A-S-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Utilizar el dinero en objetos o servicios de mala calidad o de poca utilidad.
- 2Desperdiciar tiempo, cualidades, atenciones, materiales u objetos; no hacer buen uso de ellos.
- 3Por extensión, gastar dinero o bienes sin control a menudo innecesariamente.
- 4Por extensión, hacer uso abusivo y sin ningún control de los servicios públicos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amlgastar,maglastar,malagstar,malgasatr,malgasstar,malgastarr,malgastra,malgasttar,malgatsar,malggastar,malgsatar,mallgastar,mlagastar,mmalgastar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for malgastar
Misspelling Variants of "malgastar"
Frequency rank: #39,329 in Spanish
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "malgastar"?
What does "malgastar" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "malgastar"?
How do you pronounce "malgastar"?
What language does "malgastar" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index: