poner bolas
[poˈneɾ ˈβ̞olas]
The verdict
“poner bolas” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escuchar, prestar atención o hacer caso a algo o a alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-poner-bolas · poner bolas · Spanish
poner bolas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | poner bolas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [poˈneɾ ˈβ̞olas] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “poner bolas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
poner bolas is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [poˈneɾ ˈβ̞olas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Escuchar, prestar atención o hacer caso a algo o a alguien.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for poner bolas, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 poner bolas, spelled P-O-N-E-R- -B-O-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Escuchar, prestar atención o hacer caso a algo o a alguien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poner bolas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No le ponga bolas a los fantasmas que a naide le han chupado el tuétano.
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.