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teca

Spanish, noun/ˈteka/

teca is spelled T-E-C-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “teak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dinero”.

What does teca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineteak

noun

  1. 1

    femininetheca

suffix

as -teca
  1. 1

    feminineforms collections

suffix

as -teca
  1. 1

    femininemasculineforms various Mexican or Central American ethnicities

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Elemento compositivo que forma sustantivos femeninos indicando "lugar donde se almacena una colección" de lo indicado por el componente inicial.

suffix: 1. Forma gentilicios y nombres de naciones y lenguas, en particular de Mesoamérica.

noun: 1. Dinero.

noun: 1. Discoteca.

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 teca

  • tecas plural
  • teka alternative obsolete

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

How do you pronounce teca?

  • /ˈteka/
  • [ˈt̪e.ka]
  • [ˈt̪eka]

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

English words that translate to teca

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

How common is teca in Spanish?

teca appears about once in every 2 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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