tesonero
Spanish, adjective/tesoˈneɾo/
tesonero is spelled T-E-S-O-N-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tesonero is a Spanish adjective meaning “stubborn; tenacious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que trabaja o hace una cosa con tesón”.
What does tesonero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stubborn; tenacious
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que trabaja o hace una cosa con tesón. 2. Que porfía o insiste en una pretensión con terquedad.
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 tesonero
- tesonera feminine
- tesoneros masculine plural
- tesoneras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tesonero?
- /tesoˈneɾo/
- [t̪e.soˈne.ɾo]
- [t̪esoˈneɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tesonero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tesonero in Spanish?
tesonero appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).