tenis
Spanish, noun
tenis is spelled T-E-N-I-S (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,587th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tenis is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tennis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, teñís is a different word: “second-person singular voseo present indicative”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deporte que consiste en golpear con una raqueta una pelota para lanzarla de un lugar a otro”.
What does tenis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetennis
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinesneaker, trainer, tennis shoe (an athletic shoe).
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo present indicative
- 2
second-person plural present indicative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Deporte que consiste en golpear con una raqueta una pelota para lanzarla de un lugar a otro.
noun: 1. Calzado deportivo
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.
English words that translate to tenis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tenis in Spanish?
tenis appears 17 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).