tesón
Spanish, noun/teˈson/
tesón is spelled T-E-S-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,983rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tesón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tenacity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Continuidad del esfuerzo hacia una meta, en especial frente a la fatiga o adversidad”.
What does tesón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetenacity
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Continuidad del esfuerzo hacia una meta, en especial frente a la fatiga o adversidad. 2. Manga corta para pescar. 3. Cada una de las tablas planas que forman los fondos o tapas de las cubas y toneles.
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 tesón
- tesones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tesón?
- /teˈson/
- [t̪eˈsõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tesón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tesón in Spanish?
tesón appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).