prodigar
[pɾoð̞iˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“prodigar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disipar, gastar pródigamente o con exceso y desperdicio una cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-prodigar · prodigar · Spanish
prodigar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | prodigar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾoð̞iˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “prodigar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
prodigar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾoð̞iˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
prodigar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is prodigar, spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Disipar, gastar pródigamente o con exceso y desperdicio una cosa.
- 2Dar con profusión y abundancia.
- 3Tratándose de elogios, favores, etc., dispersarlos profusa y repetidamente.
This word in other languages
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.