pasarlas negras

[paˈsaɾlas ˈneɣ̞ɾas]

/[paˈsaɾlas ˈneɣ̞ɾas]/ phrase

The verdict

“pasarlas negras” 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
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Estar en mala situación, sufrir padecimientos.

Key facts for pasarlas negras
PropertyValue
Headwordpasarlas negras
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[paˈsaɾlas ˈneɣ̞ɾas]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pasarlas negras” sits in Spanish frequency

pasarlas negras 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 pasarlas negras is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈsaɾlas ˈneɣ̞ɾas]. 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: "Estar en mala situación, sufrir padecimientos.".

No misspelling variants are generated for pasarlas negras 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 pasarlas negras, spelled P-A-S-A-R-L-A-S- -N-E-G-R-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estar en mala situación, sufrir padecimientos.

Synonyms

pasarlas moradaspasarlas canutaspasarlas putaspasarlo putaspadecer

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 "pasarlas negras"?
"pasarlas negras" is spelled P-A-S-A-R-L-A-S- -N-E-G-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈsaɾlas ˈneɣ̞ɾas].
What does "pasarlas negras" mean?
As a phrase, "pasarlas negras" means: Estar en mala situación, sufrir padecimientos.
How do you pronounce "pasarlas negras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pasarlas negras" is [paˈsaɾlas ˈneɣ̞ɾas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “pasarlas negras”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-S-A-R-L-A-S- -N-E-G-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [paˈsaɾlas ˈneɣ̞ɾas] (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.

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