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tejano

Spanish, noun/teˈxano/

tejano is spelled T-E-J-A-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tejano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of texano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Yin (pantalón)”.

What does tejano mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    alternative spelling of texano

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of texano

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Grafía anticuada de texano (gentilicio).

noun: 1. Yin (pantalón).

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 tejano

  • tejana feminine
  • tejanos masculine plural
  • tejanas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce tejano?

  • /teˈxano/
  • [t̪eˈxa.no]
  • [t̪eˈxano]

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

English words that translate to tejano

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

How common is tejano in Spanish?

tejano appears about once in every 3 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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