no tener pelos en la lengua
[ˈno t̪eˈneɾ ˈpelos ẽn la ˈlẽŋgwa]
The verdict
“no tener pelos en la lengua” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 27
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese de alguien que habla siempre claro, incluso cuando puede molestar a alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-no-tener-pelos-en-la-len · no tener pelos en la lengua · Spanish
no tener pelos en la lengua · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 27 letters
- VOW-10 10 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | no tener pelos en la lengua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈno t̪eˈneɾ ˈpelos ẽn la ˈlẽŋgwa] |
| Letters | 27 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “no tener pelos en la lengua” en español
Rare enough to double-check
no tener pelos en la lengua is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈno t̪eˈneɾ ˈpelos ẽn la ˈlẽŋgwa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dícese de alguien que habla siempre claro, incluso cuando puede molestar a alguien.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for no tener pelos en la lengua in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 no tener pelos en la lengua, spelled N-O- -T-E-N-E-R- -P-E-L-O-S- -E-N- -L-A- -L-E-N-G-U-A.
Definition
- 1Dícese de alguien que habla siempre claro, incluso cuando puede molestar a alguien.
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.