mirar de hito en hito
[miˈɾaɾ ð̞e ˈit̪o ẽn ˈit̪o]
The verdict
“mirar de hito en hito” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fijar la vista en un objeto sin distraerla a otra parte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mirar-de-hito-en-hito · mirar de hito en hito · Spanish
mirar de hito en hito · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | mirar de hito en hito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [miˈɾaɾ ð̞e ˈit̪o ẽn ˈit̪o] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mirar de hito en hito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mirar de hito en hito is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [miˈɾaɾ ð̞e ˈit̪o ẽn ˈit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fijar la vista en un objeto sin distraerla a otra parte.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mirar de hito en hito in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mirar de hito en hito, spelled M-I-R-A-R- -D-E- -H-I-T-O- -E-N- -H-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Fijar la vista en un objeto sin distraerla a otra parte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mirar de hito en hito appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Una breve orden suya dispersó a tus esbirros, te obligó a hacerle instantáneamente entrega de la escopeta, mientras con esos ojos estrechos, claros y fríos, tan parecidos a los tuyos, te miraba de hito en hito. En seguida levantó la fusta que llevaba siempre consigo y te atravesó la cara, una, dos, tres veces.
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.