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tamaño

Spanish, noun/taˈmaɲo/

tamaño is spelled T-A-M-A-Ñ-O (6 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamaño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “size” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Espacio tridimensional que ocupa la forma de un ser vivo o de una cosa”.

What does tamaño mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    as big or small; equivalent in size; so big/so small; such a big/small

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesize

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Espacio tridimensional que ocupa la forma de un ser vivo o de una cosa. 2. Superficie de una cosa. 3. Longitud de una línea. 4. Medida normalizada de las prendas de vestir o del calzado.

adjective: 1. Se utiliza para ponderar las dimensiones extremadas de las cosas o seres, para destacar lo grande o pequeño que son.

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 tamaño

  • tamaña feminine
  • tamaños masculine plural
  • tamañas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce tamaño?

  • /taˈmaɲo/
  • [t̪aˈma.ɲo]
  • [t̪aˈmaɲo]

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

English words that translate to tamaño

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tamaño in Spanish?

tamaño appears 63 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).

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