tedio
Spanish, noun/ˈtedjo/
tedio is spelled T-E-D-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tedio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tedium, boredom, ennui” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aburrimiento, sensación de hastío generada por algo poco interesante o entretenido”.
What does tedio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetedium, boredom, ennui
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aburrimiento, sensación de hastío generada por algo poco interesante o entretenido. 2. Rechazo o aversión fuerte hacia algo.
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 tedio
- tedios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tedio?
- /ˈtedjo/
- [ˈt̪e.ð̞jo]
- [ˈt̪eð̞jo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tedio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tedio in Spanish?
tedio 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).