pero eso sí
[ˈpeɾo ˈeso ˈsi]
The verdict
“pero eso sí” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma enfática de denotar que se da consentimiento a algo bajo una condición o para denotar chantaje o amenaza.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pero eso sí |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈpeɾo ˈeso ˈsi] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pero eso sí” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pero eso sí is 11 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpeɾo ˈeso ˈsi]. 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: "Forma enfática de denotar que se da consentimiento a algo bajo una condición o para denotar chantaje o amenaza.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pero eso sí 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 pero eso sí, spelled P-E-R-O- -E-S-O- -S-Í, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Forma enfática de denotar que se da consentimiento a algo bajo una condición o para denotar chantaje o amenaza.
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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Using “pero eso sí”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-R-O- -E-S-O- -S-Í - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpeɾo ˈeso ˈsi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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