retintín
Spanish, noun/retinˈtin/
retintín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chiming (of bells)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sonido que deja en los oídos la campana u otro cuerpo sonoro”.
What does retintín mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechiming (of bells)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sonido que deja en los oídos la campana u otro cuerpo sonoro. 2. Tonillo y modo de hablar, por lo común para zaherir a alguien.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of retintín
- retintines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retintín?
- /retinˈtin/
- [re.t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪ĩn]
- [ret̪ĩn̪ˈt̪ĩn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retintín
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retintín in Spanish?
retintín appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).