deletreado
/deletɾeado/from spelling rules
The English phrase "spelled" is translated into Spanish as deletreado.
The word deletreado is the past participle of the verb deletrear, which means to spell out something letter by letter. If you wish to express the action of spelling itself, use the verb deletrear.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word deletreado is the past participle of the verb deletrear. When used as an adjective, it must agree in gender with the noun it modifies. For example, use deletreada for feminine nouns.
How do you pronounce it?
/deletɾeado/
Did you know?
- The word deletrear is used metaphorically to describe something explained in extreme, slow detail. A person might say they had to deletrear a situation to someone who is slow to understand.
- Unlike English, where 'spelling' can refer to the orthography of a language, Spanish uses the word ortografía for the rules of writing and reserves deletrear almost exclusively for the act of naming letters one by one.
- Because Spanish is a phonetic language, the act of being deletreado is much more predictable than in English, as words are almost always spelled exactly as they sound.
Examples in context
- Su nombre fue deletreado mal.Her name was spelled wrong.This sentence shows how to use deletreado to indicate that a name was spelled incorrectly.Tatoeba #978736 by hundo, translation #309795 by CK
- ¿Puede deletrear su apellido, por favor?Can you spell your last name, please?
- Me gustaría verificar la ortografía de esta palabra, por favor.I would like to verify the spelling of this word, please.
- Me dijo que su nombre se deletrea J-U-A-N.He told me that his name is spelled J-U-A-N.
- Mi apellido se escribe al revés: E-D-O-C.My last name is spelled backward: E-D-O-C.
- El código fue deletreado muy despacio.The code was spelled very slowly.
- ¿Fue deletreado correctamente en el sistema?Was it spelled correctly in the system?
Example conversation
Sofía is checking a form with Javier.
- SofíaJavier, tu correo electrónico está mal deletreado.Javier, your email is spelled wrong.
- JavierLo siento, déjame corregirlo ahora mismo.I'm sorry, let me correct it right now.
- SofíaEstá bien, solo asegúrate de que esté deletreado bien.That's fine, just make sure it is spelled correctly.
- JavierListo, ya está corregido.Done, it is already corrected.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
