tic
Spanish, noun
tic is spelled T-I-C (3 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,527th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tic is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tic (movement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, TIC is a different word: “initialism of tecnologías de la información y la comunicación…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada una de las pulsaciones o golpes que da un reloj analógico”.
What does tic mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetic (movement)
- 2
Spainmasculinecheck mark, tick (the ✅ symbol)
- 3
masculinetick (sound)
tic-tac ― tick-tock
noun
- 1
feminineinitialism of tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (“information and communication technologies”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada una de las pulsaciones o golpes que da un reloj analógico. 2. Por extensión, cada uno de los flancos de la señal del reloj, los cuales sincronizan las acciones de un crircuito digital y a la vez permiten contar el tiempo. 3. Movimiento motor o vocal repentino, repetitivo y no rítmico el cual involucra uno o varios músculos.
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 tic
- tics plural
- tick alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tic
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tic in Spanish?
tic appears 9.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).