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tanda

Spanish, noun/ˈtanda/

tanda is spelled T-A-N-D-A (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanda is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “time, instance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Secuencia establecida para hacer algo”.

What does tanda mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetime, instance

  2. 2

    feminineduty, turn

  3. 3

    feminineshift

    trabajo en tandas

  4. 4

    femininetask, work

  5. 5

    femininegroup, series, batch

    tanda de producción

  6. 6

    feminineperformance, show, session (instance of a series of performances or a movie shows)

    el mejor momento de la tanda

  7. 7

    femininematch (instance in series of games)

  8. 8

    Latin-Americacolloquialfemininebeating, bashing

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Secuencia establecida para hacer algo. 2. Cada una de las instancias de una secuencia tal. 3. En especial, cada grupo de trabajadores que van alternándose o siguiéndose en una tarea. 4. Cada cantidad de algo que se hace o produce de una vez.

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 tanda

  • tandas plural

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

How do you pronounce tanda?

  • /ˈtanda/
  • [ˈt̪ãn̪.d̪a]
  • [ˈt̪ãn̪d̪a]

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

English words that translate to tanda

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

How common is tanda in Spanish?

tanda appears 2.6 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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