tahalí
Spanish, noun/taaˈli/
tahalí is spelled T-A-H-A-L-Í (6 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tahalí is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “belt or sheath for a sword” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tira de cuero o tela que, a través del hombro derecho y atada en la cintura izquierda, sujetaba la espada”.
What does tahalí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebelt or sheath for a sword
- 2
masculinereliquary; small case (for soldiers to carry a mushaf)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tira de cuero o tela que, a través del hombro derecho y atada en la cintura izquierda, sujetaba la espada.
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 tahalí
- tahalíes plural
- tahalís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tahalí?
- /taaˈli/
- [t̪a.aˈli]
- [t̪aaˈli]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tahalí
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tahalí in Spanish?
tahalí appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).