tendencioso
Spanish, adjective/tendenˈθjoso/
tendencioso is spelled T-E-N-D-E-N-C-I-O-S-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tendencioso is a Spanish adjective meaning “tendentious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que manifiesta o incluye tendencia hacia determinados fines o doctrinas”.
What does tendencioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tendentious
- 2
biased
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que manifiesta o incluye tendencia hacia determinados fines o doctrinas.
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 tendencioso
- tendenciosa feminine
- tendenciosos masculine plural
- tendenciosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tendencioso?
- /tendenˈθjoso/
- [t̪ẽn̪.d̪ẽn̟ˈθjo.so]
- /tendenˈsjoso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tendencioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tendencioso in Spanish?
tendencioso 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).