quemarse las pestañas
[keˈmaɾse las pesˈt̪aɲas]
The verdict
“quemarse las pestañas” 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
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estudiar con mucho esfuerzo, dedicación y disciplina.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quemarse las pestañas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [keˈmaɾse las pesˈt̪aɲas] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quemarse las pestañas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for quemarse las pestañas is 21 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [keˈmaɾse las pesˈt̪aɲas]. 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: "Estudiar con mucho esfuerzo, dedicación y disciplina.".
No misspelling variants are generated for quemarse las pestañas in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is quemarse las pestañas, spelled Q-U-E-M-A-R-S-E- -L-A-S- -P-E-S-T-A-Ñ-A-S.
Definition
- 1Estudiar con mucho esfuerzo, dedicación y disciplina.
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 “quemarse las pestañas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Q-U-E-M-A-R-S-E- -L-A-S- -P-E-S-T-A-Ñ-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [keˈmaɾse las pesˈt̪aɲas] (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.