tabla
Spanish, noun
tabla is spelled T-A-B-L-A (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,774th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tabla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “board, plank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tablar. With an accent, tablá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of tablar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Objeto de forma delgada y plana, más larga que ancha, generalmente de madera”.
What does tabla mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineboard, plank
- 2
feminineslab
- 3
femininetable (grid or matrix, in a book, data base, file, document, etc.)
- 4
feminineobsoletetable (furniture)
- 5
Spainfeminineskirt pleat
- 6
femininestage
- 7
feminineability on stage, ability as a public speaker
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of tablar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objeto de forma delgada y plana, más larga que ancha, generalmente de madera. 2. Cuadro, índice, catálogo, lista, esquema o tablero en que se agrupan datos por orden sucesivo, relacionados entre sí. 3. Parte de un vestido que se deja sin plegar o doblar. 4. Parte más o menos plana de ciertas partes del cuerpo, como el pecho, el muslo, etc.
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 tabla
- tablas plural
- tablilla diminutive
- tablita diminutive
- tablón augmentative
- tábula alternative
- taula alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tabla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tabla in Spanish?
tabla appears 30 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).