pagar los platos rotos
[paˈɣ̞aɾ los ˈplat̪os ˈrot̪os]
The verdict
“pagar los platos rotos” 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
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sufrir injustamente las consecuencias de una decisión o acción cometidas por un tercero.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pagar los platos rotos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [paˈɣ̞aɾ los ˈplat̪os ˈrot̪os] |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pagar los platos rotos” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pagar los platos rotos is 22 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈɣ̞aɾ los ˈplat̪os ˈrot̪os]. 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: "Sufrir injustamente las consecuencias de una decisión o acción cometidas por un tercero.".
pagar los platos rotos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pagar los platos rotos, spelled P-A-G-A-R- -L-O-S- -P-L-A-T-O-S- -R-O-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Sufrir injustamente las consecuencias de una decisión o acción cometidas por un tercero.
Synonyms
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-G-A-R- -L-O-S- -P-L-A-T-O-S- -R-O-T-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈɣ̞aɾ los ˈplat̪os ˈrot̪os] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.