tea
Spanish, noun
tea is spelled T-E-A (3 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,361st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “torch (a stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, TEA is a different word: “initialism of trastorno del espectro autista”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedazo de madera resinosa que arde y se utiliza para iluminar o para encender un fuego mayor”.
What does tea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetorch (a stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source)
- 2
colloquialfeminineintoxication, drunkenness
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of trastorno del espectro autista
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pedazo de madera resinosa que arde y se utiliza para iluminar o para encender un fuego mayor. 2. Estado de intemperancia y perturbación física y mental debido a la ingestión de alcohol. 3. Cadena de la que cuelga el ancla. 4. Nombre que toma accidentalmente el cable, cuando se leva con él desde una lancha (maniobra que se llama "levar por la tea").
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 tea
- teas plural
- teda alternative rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tea in Spanish?
tea appears 3.0 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).