tiralíneas
Spanish, noun[t̪iɾaˈlineas]
tiralíneas is spelled T-I-R-A-L-Í-N-E-A-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish, the 200,060th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiralíneas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ruling pen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento de dibujo para trazar líneas con tinta, que en el extremo que se pone en contacto con el papel…”.
What does tiralíneas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineruling pen
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento de dibujo para trazar líneas con tinta, que en el extremo que se pone en contacto con el papel tiene dos piezas de metal, en forma de lanza, cuya separación mediante un tornillo permite regular el grosor de la línea.
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.
How do you pronounce tiralíneas?
- [t̪iɾaˈlineas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tiralíneas in Spanish?
tiralíneas appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).