restallar
[rest̪aˈʝaɾ]
The verdict
“restallar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer que un látigo chasquee al aire.
Corpus desk
Index ES-restallar · restallar · Spanish
restallar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | restallar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rest̪aˈʝaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “restallar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
restallar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [rest̪aˈʝaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for restallar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is restallar, spelled R-E-S-T-A-L-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que un látigo chasquee al aire.
- 2Crujir, hacer fuerte ruido.
- 3Bailar desenfrenadamente, en especial cuando se trata de música electrónica.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how restallar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sólo ella lo percibe y adivina el restallar de cascos de caballos, el restallar de ocho cascos de caballo que vienen sonando.
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.