tinte
Spanish, noun
tinte is spelled T-I-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tinte is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dyeing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of tintar. With an accent, tinté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of tintar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de teñir”.
What does tinte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedyeing
- 2
masculinedye
- 3
colloquialmasculineclipping of tintorería (“dry cleaner's”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of tintar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de teñir. 2. Sustancia con que se tiñe. 3. Artificio mañoso con que se da diverso color a las cosas no materiales, o se las desfigura. 4. Variante de tintorería.
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 tinte
- tintes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tinte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tinte in Spanish?
tinte appears 2.8 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).