sabandija

/[saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#79,539

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sabandija is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquier animalillo considerado perjudicial o fastidioso, generalmente de movimientos rápidos y escurridizos. Generalmente refiere a los insectos rastreros. Pronounced [saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa].

Key facts for sabandija
PropertyValue
Headwordsabandija
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,539
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sabandija in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sabandija is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,539 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for sabandija in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 sabandija, spelled S-A-B-A-N-D-I-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquier animalillo considerado perjudicial o fastidioso, generalmente de movimientos rápidos y escurridizos. Generalmente refiere a los insectos rastreros.
  2. 2
    Persona ruin, baja y despreciable.
  3. 3
    Niño movido y travieso.
  4. 4
    Persona que coquetea a menudo evitando compromisos.
  5. 5
    Persona siendo engañada por su pareja en situaciones complicadas.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #79,539 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sabandija"?
"sabandija" is spelled S-A-B-A-N-D-I-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa].
What does "sabandija" mean?
As a noun, "sabandija" means: Cualquier animalillo considerado perjudicial o fastidioso, generalmente de movimientos rápidos y escurridizos. Generalmente refiere a los insectos rastreros.
How do you pronounce "sabandija"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sabandija" is [saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sabandija" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.