tartán
Spanish, noun/taɾˈtan/
tartán is spelled T-A-R-T-Á-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tartán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tartan, plaid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tela de lana con cuadros o listas cruzadas de diferentes colores, originaria de Escocia”.
What does tartán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetartan, plaid
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tela de lana con cuadros o listas cruzadas de diferentes colores, originaria de Escocia.
noun: 1. Material resistente hecho a partir de una mezcla de goma y asfalto que se usa para las superficies de las pistas de atletismo.
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 tartán
- tartanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tartán?
- /taɾˈtan/
- [t̪aɾˈt̪ãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tartán
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tartán in Spanish?
tartán appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).