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t

Spanish, preposition

t is spelled T (one letter) and appears 95 times per million words in written Spanish, the 913th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). T is a Spanish preposition meaning “abbreviation of te” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, T is a different word: “abbreviation of torre (“rook”)”.

What does t mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    The twenty-first letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineabbreviation of tiempo, time

  2. 2

    femininemasculinealternative letter-case form of T, tonelada: ton, Spanish ton, metric ton

  3. 3

    femininemasculineabbreviation of tomín: tomin, former Spanish unit of currency

preposition

  1. 1

    abbreviation of te

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letter

as T
  1. 1

    The twenty-first letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

as T
  1. 1

    abbreviation of torre (“rook”)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

letter: 1. Vigesimoprimera letra del alfabeto español y decimoséptima consonante. Su nombre es te.

letter: 1. Vigesimoprimera letra del abecedario español. Su nombre es te y representa en general un fonema consonante oclusivo dental sordo (/t/).

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 t

  • T uppercase
  • t. alternative
  • t lowercase

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is t in Spanish?

t appears 95 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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