tifus
Spanish, noun/ˈtifus/
tifus is spelled T-I-F-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tifus is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “typhus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de enfermedades infecciosas, caracterizadas por fiebre elevada y recurrente, escalofríos, cefalea y…”.
What does tifus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetyphus
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de enfermedades infecciosas, caracterizadas por fiebre elevada y recurrente, escalofríos, cefalea y exantema, producidas por varias especies de bacteria del género Rickettsia y transmitidas por la picadura de diferentes artrópodos parasitarios de aves y mamíferos
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 tifus
- tifo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tifus?
- /ˈtifus/
- [ˈt̪i.fus]
- [ˈt̪ifus]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tifus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tifus in Spanish?
tifus 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).