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tetánico

Spanish, adjective/teˈtaniko/

tetánico is spelled T-E-T-Á-N-I-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tetánico is a Spanish adjective meaning “tetanic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que pertenece o concierne al tétanos o tétano”.

What does tetánico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tetanic

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que pertenece o concierne al tétanos o tétano. 2. Que pertenece o concierne a la tetania.

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 tetánico

  • tetánica feminine
  • tetánicos masculine plural
  • tetánicas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tetánico?

  • /teˈtaniko/
  • [t̪eˈt̪a.ni.ko]
  • [t̪eˈt̪aniko]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tetánico in Spanish?

tetánico appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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