qué quiere decir eso

/[ˈke ˈkjeɾe ð̞eˈsiɾ ˈeso]/ phrase

The verdict

“qué quiere decir eso” 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
20
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Expresa una amenaza o advertencia ante la conducta de alguien.

Key facts for qué quiere decir eso
PropertyValue
Headwordqué quiere decir eso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈke ˈkjeɾe ð̞eˈsiɾ ˈeso]
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “qué quiere decir eso” sits in Spanish frequency

qué quiere decir eso 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 qué quiere decir eso is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈke ˈkjeɾe ð̞eˈsiɾ ˈeso]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for qué quiere decir eso 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 qué quiere decir eso, spelled Q-U-É- -Q-U-I-E-R-E- -D-E-C-I-R- -E-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Expresa una amenaza o advertencia ante la conducta de alguien.
  2. 2
    No entender lo que dice otra persona, ya sea por hablar en otro idioma o usar términos o giros extranjeros.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "qué quiere decir eso"?
"qué quiere decir eso" is spelled Q-U-É- -Q-U-I-E-R-E- -D-E-C-I-R- -E-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈke ˈkjeɾe ð̞eˈsiɾ ˈeso].
What does "qué quiere decir eso" mean?
As a phrase, "qué quiere decir eso" means: Expresa una amenaza o advertencia ante la conducta de alguien.
How do you pronounce "qué quiere decir eso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "qué quiere decir eso" is [ˈke ˈkjeɾe ð̞eˈsiɾ ˈeso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "qué quiere decir eso" come from?
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Using “qué quiere decir eso”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-É- -Q-U-I-E-R-E- -D-E-C-I-R- -E-S-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈke ˈkjeɾe ð̞eˈsiɾ ˈeso] (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.