tiovivo
Spanish, noun/tjoˈbibo/
tiovivo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “carousel, merry-go-round (pleasure ride consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform affixed with various types of seats)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calesita”.
What does tiovivo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinecarousel, merry-go-round (pleasure ride consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform affixed with various types of seats)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Calesita.
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 tiovivo
- tiovivos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiovivo?
- /tjoˈbibo/
- [t̪joˈβ̞i.β̞o]
- [t̪joˈβ̞iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tiovivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tiovivo in Spanish?
tiovivo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).