unta

/[ˈũn̪t̪a]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#68,197

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

unta is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de untar. Pronounced [ˈũn̪t̪a].

Key facts for unta
PropertyValue
Headwordunta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈũn̪t̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#68,197
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for unta is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈũn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,197 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for unta 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 unta, spelled U-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de untar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de untar.

Frequency rank: #68,197 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unta"?
"unta" is spelled U-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈũn̪t̪a].
What does "unta" mean?
As a verb, "unta" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de untar.
How do you pronounce "unta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unta" is [ˈũn̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unta" come from?
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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.