patear la perra

[pat̪eˈaɾ la ˈpera]

/[pat̪eˈaɾ la ˈpera]/ phrase

The verdict

“patear la perra” 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 disgustado, particularmente si se dan muestras de ello.

Key facts for patear la perra
PropertyValue
Headwordpatear la perra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[pat̪eˈaɾ la ˈpera]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “patear la perra” sits in Spanish frequency

patear la perra 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 patear la perra is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pat̪eˈaɾ la ˈpera]. 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 disgustado, particularmente si se dan muestras de ello.".

No misspelling variants are generated for patear la perra 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 patear la perra, spelled P-A-T-E-A-R- -L-A- -P-E-R-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estar disgustado, particularmente si se dan muestras de ello.

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 "patear la perra"?
"patear la perra" is spelled P-A-T-E-A-R- -L-A- -P-E-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pat̪eˈaɾ la ˈpera].
What does "patear la perra" mean?
As a phrase, "patear la perra" means: Estar disgustado, particularmente si se dan muestras de ello.
How do you pronounce "patear la perra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patear la perra" is [pat̪eˈaɾ la ˈpera]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “patear la perra”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-T-E-A-R- -L-A- -P-E-R-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [pat̪eˈaɾ la ˈpera] (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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