teniente
Spanish, noun/teˈnjente/
teniente is spelled T-E-N-I-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teniente is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lieutenant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El que ejerce el cargo o ministerio de otro, y es como sustituto suyo”.
What does teniente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelieutenant
- 2
masculinedeputy
- 3
masculinehaving, holding
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Falta especificar el verbo. 2. Aplícase a la fruta no madura. 3. Dicho de las legumbres: mal cocidas. 4. Algo sordo, o tardo en el sentido del oído.
noun: 1. El que ejerce el cargo o ministerio de otro, y es como sustituto suyo. 2. Oficial, segundo en rango ascendente de un ejército, guardia nacional y fuerza aérea, superior al subteniente e inferior del capitán.
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 teniente
- tenientes plural
- tenienta feminine
- tenientas feminine plural
- theniente alternative obsolete
- tte. alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce teniente?
- /teˈnjente/
- [t̪eˈnjẽn̪.t̪e]
- [t̪eˈnjẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to teniente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teniente in Spanish?
teniente appears 28 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).