telón
Spanish, noun/teˈlon/
telón is spelled T-E-L-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Telón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “curtain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gran cortina que se use en el teatro entre el estrádo y los espectadores”.
What does telón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurtain
- 2
masculinefabric (material made of fibers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gran cortina que se use en el teatro entre el estrádo y los espectadores.
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 telón
- telones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce telón?
- /teˈlon/
- [t̪eˈlõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to telón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is telón in Spanish?
telón appears 3.8 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).