tenaza
Spanish, noun/teˈnaθa/
tenaza is spelled T-E-N-A-Z-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 89,640th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tenaza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pincers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de metal, compuesto de dos brazos trabados por un clavillo o eje que permite abrirlos y volverlos…”.
What does tenaza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepincers
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de metal, compuesto de dos brazos trabados por un clavillo o eje que permite abrirlos y volverlos a cerrar. Su uso es coger o sujetar fuertemente una cosa, o arrancarla o cortarla. 2. Pinzas. 3. Extremo libre de la viga de los antiguos molinos de aceite. 4. Par de cartas con las cuales se hacen precisamente dos bazas en algunos juegos de naipes, esperando quien las tiene que venga el juego en la mano.
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 tenaza
- tenazas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tenaza?
- /teˈnaθa/
- [t̪eˈna.θa]
- /teˈnasa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tenaza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tenaza in Spanish?
tenaza appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).