tábano
Spanish, noun/ˈtabano/
tábano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gadfly (insect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Insecto, díptero de la familia Tabanidae, parecido a la mosca pero de mayor tamaño, cuya hembra se…”.
What does tábano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegadfly (insect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecto, díptero de la familia Tabanidae, parecido a la mosca pero de mayor tamaño, cuya hembra se caracteriza por ser de hábitos hematófagos. 2. En sentido figurado, persona molesta o cargosa
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 tábano
- tábanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tábano?
- /ˈtabano/
- [ˈt̪a.β̞a.no]
- [ˈt̪aβ̞ano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tábano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tábano in Spanish?
tábano appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).