tenaz
Spanish, adjective/teˈnaθ/
tenaz is spelled T-E-N-A-Z (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,880th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tenaz is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “tenacious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se pega, ase o prende a una cosa, y es dificultoso de separar”.
What does tenaz mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se pega, ase o prende a una cosa, y es dificultoso de separar. 2. Que opone mucha resistencia a romperse o deformarse. 3. Firme, terco, porfiado y pertinaz en un propósito.
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 tenaz
- tenaces feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tenaz?
- /teˈnaθ/
- [t̪eˈnaθ]
- /teˈnas/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tenaz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tenaz in Spanish?
tenaz appears 1.4 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).