tela
Spanish, noun/ˈtela/
tela is spelled T-E-L-A (4 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Material formado por numerosos hilos dispuestos en dos juegos perpendicularmente dispuestos, llamados…”.
What does tela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)
- 2
colloquialfemininedifficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)
Limpiar el garaje es mucha tela.
- 3
colloquialfemininecash, dosh (money)
- 4
colloquialfeminineplenty; shedload
adverb
- 1
Spaincolloquialloads; lots; a shedload; extremely
Es un chico tela de gracioso.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Material formado por numerosos hilos dispuestos en dos juegos perpendicularmente dispuestos, llamados urdimbre y trama, que se entrelazan manual o mecánicamente para formar una lámina 2. Película de tejido que recubre un órgano en los animales y vegetales 3. Material que confeccionan las arañas hilando una secreción que solidifica en contacto con el aire, y que emplean para atrapar a sus presas 4. Pintura realizada sobre lienzo u otro material textil
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 tela
- telas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tela?
- /ˈtela/
- [ˈt̪e.la]
- [ˈt̪ela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tela in Spanish?
tela appears 16 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).