marrullar
[maruˈʝaɾ]
The verdict
“marrullar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer vibrar o roncar la garganta un gato, generalmente en un estado de satisfacción o contento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-marrullar · marrullar · Spanish
marrullar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | marrullar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [maruˈʝaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “marrullar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
marrullar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [maruˈʝaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for marrullar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is marrullar, spelled M-A-R-R-U-L-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer vibrar o roncar la garganta un gato, generalmente en un estado de satisfacción o contento.
- 2Planear o ejecutar una marrullería, argucia o estratagema para obtener beneficio propio por medio del fingimiento o la persuasión.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marrullar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
—¡Ajá!, usted está marrullando algo. —No hombre, tan malicioso siempre...
Synonyms
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.