taíno
Spanish, noun/taˈino/
taíno is spelled T-A-Í-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taíno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Taino (people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua de los taínos₁, de la familia arahuaca, hoy extinta, que ha dejado un importante caudal léxico en…”.
What does taíno mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Taino
noun
- 1
masculineTaino (people)
noun
- 1
masculineTaino (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de, relativo o perteneciente a un pueblo amerindio que habitaba las Antillas al momento de la conquista española, extinto poco más tarde bajo la influencia conjunta de las condiciones de su servidumbre y las enfermedades introducidas por los colonizadores
noun: 1. Lengua de los taínos₁, de la familia arahuaca, hoy extinta, que ha dejado un importante caudal léxico en español
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 taíno
- taína feminine
- taínos masculine plural
- taínas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taíno?
- /taˈino/
- [t̪aˈi.no]
- [t̪aˈino]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taíno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taíno in Spanish?
taíno appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).