saltear

/[sal̪t̪eˈaɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#64,962

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

saltear is aSpanishverb. It means: Empezar a hacer una cosa sin continuarla, sino dejándola comenzada y pasando a otras. Pronounced [sal̪t̪eˈaɾ].

Key facts for saltear
PropertyValue
Headwordsaltear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[sal̪t̪eˈaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,962
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for saltear is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sal̪t̪eˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #64,962 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for saltear 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 saltear, spelled S-A-L-T-E-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Empezar a hacer una cosa sin continuarla, sino dejándola comenzada y pasando a otras.
  2. 2
    Cocinar un alimento calentándolo brevemente con poco aceite o grasa (para freírlo un poco), de modo que la comida se dore sin pegarse a la sartén.
  3. 3
    Atacar a alguien con el fin de robarle sus pertenencias, especialmente cuando se trata de un viajero.
  4. 4
    Cobrar un precio excesivo.
  5. 5
    Embestir o atacar con ímpetu, especialmente a un grupo en un enfrentamiento o guerra.
  6. 6
    Sorprender el ánimo con una impresión fuerte y viva.
  7. 7
    Tomar una cosa anticipándose a otro.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #64,962 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saltear"?
"saltear" is spelled S-A-L-T-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [sal̪t̪eˈaɾ].
What does "saltear" mean?
As a verb, "saltear" means: Empezar a hacer una cosa sin continuarla, sino dejándola comenzada y pasando a otras.
How do you pronounce "saltear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saltear" is [sal̪t̪eˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saltear" 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.