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tina

Spanish, noun

tina is spelled T-I-N-A (4 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,726th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, tiña is a different word: “ringworm”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recipiente para bañarse”.

What does tina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininevat

  2. 2

    femininelarge earthenware jar

  3. 3

    Mexicofemininebucket

  4. 4

    Mexicofemininetub, bathtub

noun

as tiña
  1. 1

    feminineringworm

  2. 2

    femininepoverty

  3. 3

    femininestinginess

verb

as tiña
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Recipiente para bañarse.

noun: 1. Tipo de insecto (arañuelo o gusano pequeño) que se convierte en parásito de las colmenas. 2. Tipo diverso de dermatofitosis, dolencia producida por parásitos en la piel, especialmente del cráneo, causando costras, llagas, caída del cabello y otros síntomas similares. Se encuentra en humanos y animales. 3. Extrema pobreza, falta de algo, o actitud poco generosa. 4. Conjunto de afecciones dermatológicas (de la piel), caracterizadas por presentar lesiones inflamatorias diversas. Se la conoce más como "tiña mucosa".

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 tina

  • tinas plural
  • tiñas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to tina

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tina in Spanish?

tina appears 5.1 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).

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