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tablao

Spanish, noun/taˈblao/

tablao is spelled T-A-B-L-A-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tablao is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “stage (for flamenco dancers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Plataforma, generalmente de madera, empleada para escenificar cantos y bailes flamencos”.

What does tablao mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestage (for flamenco dancers)

  2. 2

    masculinevenue (for flamenco dancing)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Plataforma, generalmente de madera, empleada para escenificar cantos y bailes flamencos. 2. Lugar donde se escenifican cantos y bailes flamencos.

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 tablao

  • tablaos plural

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

How do you pronounce tablao?

  • /taˈblao/
  • [t̪aˈβ̞la.o]
  • [t̪aˈβ̞lao]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tablao in Spanish?

tablao appears about once in every 8 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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