tiritar
[t̪iɾiˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“tiritar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moverse alternativamente en direcciones opuestas de manera rápida y generalmente involuntaria, con sacudidas breves y frecuentes. En los seres vivos, ocurre generalmente por frío, miedo o fiebre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tiritar · tiritar · Spanish
tiritar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tiritar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪iɾiˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tiritar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tiritar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪iɾiˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Moverse alternativamente en direcciones opuestas de manera rápida y generalmente involuntaria, con sacudidas breves y frecuentes. En los seres vivos, ocurre generalmente por frío, miedo o fiebre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tiritar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tiritar, spelled T-I-R-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Moverse alternativamente en direcciones opuestas de manera rápida y generalmente involuntaria, con sacudidas breves y frecuentes. En los seres vivos, ocurre generalmente por frío, miedo o fiebre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tiritar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sonreiré, cada noche al buscar a tu luna en mi tejado El recuerdo de un abrazo, que me hace tiritar
This word in other languages
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