terno
Spanish, noun
terno is spelled T-E-R-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terno is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “set of three, trio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ternar. With an accent, ternó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of ternar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de tres cosas de una misma especie”.
What does terno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineset of three, trio
- 2
masculinethree-piece suit
- 3
masculinesuit (set of clothes)
- 4
colloquialmasculineswearword
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ternar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of ternar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de tres cosas de una misma especie. 2. Suerte de tres números, en el juego de la lotería primitiva. 3. Conjunto de pantalón, chaleco y chaqueta, u otra prenda semejante, hechos de la misma tela. 4. Conjunto del oficiante y sus dos ministros, diácono y subdiácono, que celebran una misa mayor o asisten en esta forma a una función eclesiástica.
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 terno
- ternos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to terno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terno in Spanish?
terno 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).