tantán
Spanish, noun[t̪ãn̪ˈt̪ãn]
tantán is spelled T-A-N-T-Á-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish, the 311,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tantán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of tam-tam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tambor de percusión largo africano”.
What does tantán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of tam-tam
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tambor de percusión largo africano. 2. Batintín. 3. Gong.
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 tantán
- tantanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tantán?
- [t̪ãn̪ˈt̪ãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tantán
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tantán in Spanish?
tantán appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).