tictac
Spanish, noun/tiɡˈtak/
tictac is spelled T-I-C-T-A-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 90,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tictac is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tick tock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sonido que emite un reloj al mover las manecillas”.
What does tictac mean in English?
interjection
- 1
tick tock
noun
- 1
masculinetick tock
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sonido que emite un reloj al mover las manecillas.
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 tictac
- tic-tac alternative
- tic tac alternative
- tictacs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tictac?
- /tiɡˈtak/
- [t̪iɣ̞ˈt̪ak]
- [t̪ikˈt̪ak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tictac
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tictac in Spanish?
tictac appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).