tétano
Spanish, noun[ˈt̪et̪ano]
tétano is spelled T-É-T-A-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tétano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of tétanos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de tétanos (enfermedad que produce fiebre, dolorosos espasmos musculares y a menudo la muerte…”.
What does tétano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of tétanos
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de tétanos (enfermedad que produce fiebre, dolorosos espasmos musculares y a menudo la muerte, causada por la bacteria Clostridium tetani).
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 tétano
- tétanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tétano?
- [ˈt̪et̪ano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tétano in Spanish?
tétano appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).