tenesmo
Spanish, noun/teˈnesmo/
tenesmo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tenesmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deseo continuo, doloroso e ineficaz de orinar o defecar, producido por una irritación en el ano o en el recto”.
What does tenesmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetenesmus
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Deseo continuo, doloroso e ineficaz de orinar o defecar, producido por una irritación en el ano o en el recto.
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 tenesmo
- tenesmos plural
- tenasmon alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tenesmo?
- /teˈnesmo/
- [t̪eˈnez.mo]
- [t̪eˈnesmo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tenesmo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tenesmo in Spanish?
tenesmo appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).