meter mano

[meˈt̪eɾ ˈmano]

/[meˈt̪eɾ ˈmano]/ phrase

The verdict

“meter mano” 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
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de un hombre, comportarse con una mujer de forma pervertida y lasciva toqueteándola con deseo sexual.

Key facts for meter mano
PropertyValue
Headwordmeter mano
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[meˈt̪eɾ ˈmano]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “meter mano” sits in Spanish frequency

meter mano 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 meter mano is 10 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meˈt̪eɾ ˈmano]. 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: "Dicho de un hombre, comportarse con una mujer de forma pervertida y lasciva toqueteándola con deseo sexual.".

No misspelling variants are generated for meter mano 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 meter mano, spelled M-E-T-E-R- -M-A-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de un hombre, comportarse con una mujer de forma pervertida y lasciva toqueteándola con deseo sexual.

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 "meter mano"?
"meter mano" is spelled M-E-T-E-R- -M-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈt̪eɾ ˈmano].
What does "meter mano" mean?
As a phrase, "meter mano" means: Dicho de un hombre, comportarse con una mujer de forma pervertida y lasciva toqueteándola con deseo sexual.
How do you pronounce "meter mano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meter mano" is [meˈt̪eɾ ˈmano]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meter mano" come from?
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Using “meter mano”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-T-E-R- -M-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [meˈt̪eɾ ˈmano] (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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