tirar de la lengua

[t̪iˈɾaɾ ð̞e la ˈlẽŋgwa]

/[t̪iˈɾaɾ ð̞e la ˈlẽŋgwa]/ phrase

The verdict

“tirar de la lengua” 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
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Sonsacar información a alguien.

Key facts for tirar de la lengua
PropertyValue
Headwordtirar de la lengua
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[t̪iˈɾaɾ ð̞e la ˈlẽŋgwa]
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tirar de la lengua” sits in Spanish frequency

tirar de la lengua falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tirar de la lengua is 18 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪iˈɾaɾ ð̞e la ˈlẽŋgwa]. 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: "Sonsacar información a alguien.".

No misspelling variants are generated for tirar de la lengua in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 tirar de la lengua, spelled T-I-R-A-R- -D-E- -L-A- -L-E-N-G-U-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sonsacar información a alguien.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tirar de la lengua"?
"tirar de la lengua" is spelled T-I-R-A-R- -D-E- -L-A- -L-E-N-G-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪iˈɾaɾ ð̞e la ˈlẽŋgwa].
What does "tirar de la lengua" mean?
As a phrase, "tirar de la lengua" means: Sonsacar información a alguien.
How do you pronounce "tirar de la lengua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tirar de la lengua" is [t̪iˈɾaɾ ð̞e la ˈlẽŋgwa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “tirar de la lengua”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-R-A-R- -D-E- -L-A- -L-E-N-G-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [t̪iˈɾaɾ ð̞e la ˈlẽŋgwa] (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.

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

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