topar

/[t̪oˈpaɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#53,904

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

topar is aSpanishverb. It means: Tropezar una cosa con otra. Pronounced [t̪oˈpaɾ].

Key facts for topar
PropertyValue
Headwordtopar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t̪oˈpaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,904
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for topar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oˈpaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,904 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Tropezar una cosa con otra.
  2. 2
    Acercarce una cosa con otra de tal forma que mutuamente se impiden el paso o la localidad.
  3. 3
    Hallar cualquier cosa casualmente o sin solicitud.
  4. 4
    Hallar o encontrar lo que se andaba buscando.
  5. 5
    Consistir o descansar una cosa en otra.
  6. 6
    Embarazarse en algo por alguna dificultad.
  7. 7
    Entre los jugadores consentir o admitir en los envites que se hacen.
  8. 8
    Tropezar o reparar en algo advirtiendo alguna falla.

Frequency rank: #53,904 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "topar"?
"topar" is spelled T-O-P-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oˈpaɾ].
What does "topar" mean?
As a verb, "topar" means: Tropezar una cosa con otra.
How do you pronounce "topar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "topar" is [t̪oˈpaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "topar" 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.