tiorba
Spanish, noun/ˈtjoɾba/
tiorba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “theorbo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Laúd barroco de grandes dimensiones, con dos trastes o mangos y con ocho cuerdas adicionales para los bajos”.
What does tiorba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetheorbo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Laúd barroco de grandes dimensiones, con dos trastes o mangos y con ocho cuerdas adicionales para los bajos. 2. Orinal para enfermos, chata.
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 tiorba
- tiorbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiorba?
- /ˈtjoɾba/
- [ˈt̪joɾ.β̞a]
- [ˈt̪joɾβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tiorba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tiorba in Spanish?
tiorba appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).