tiento
Spanish, noun/ˈtjento/
tiento is spelled T-I-E-N-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,983rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cane (used by vision-impaired people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tentar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ejercicio del sentido del tacto”.
What does tiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecane (used by vision-impaired people)
- 2
masculinereins
- 3
masculinesip
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ejercicio del sentido del tacto. 2. Palo que usan los ciegos para que les sirva como de guía. 3. Palo largo que usan los equilibristas para mantenerse en equilibrio sobre la cuerda. 4. Pulso (firmeza en la mano).
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 tiento
- tientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiento?
- /ˈtjento/
- [ˈt̪jẽn̪.t̪o]
- [ˈt̪jẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tiento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tiento in Spanish?
tiento appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).