testarudo

[t̪est̪aˈɾuð̞o]

/[t̪est̪aˈɾuð̞o]/ adj

The verdict

“testarudo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #54,580 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.

#54,580
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que no cambia su opinión o proceder, pese a las razones en sentido contrario.

Key facts for testarudo
PropertyValue
Headwordtestarudo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[t̪est̪aˈɾuð̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,580
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “testarudo” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). testarudo lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for testarudo is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪est̪aˈɾuð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,580 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que no cambia su opinión o proceder, pese a las razones en sentido contrario.".

testarudo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is testarudo, spelled T-E-S-T-A-R-U-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no cambia su opinión o proceder, pese a las razones en sentido contrario.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "testarudo"?
"testarudo" is spelled T-E-S-T-A-R-U-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪est̪aˈɾuð̞o].
What does "testarudo" mean?
As an adjective, "testarudo" means: Que no cambia su opinión o proceder, pese a las razones en sentido contrario.
How do you pronounce "testarudo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "testarudo" is [t̪est̪aˈɾuð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "testarudo" come from?
"testarudo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “testarudo”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-S-T-A-R-U-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [t̪est̪aˈɾuð̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list