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tirantez

Spanish, noun/tiɾanˈteθ/

tirantez is spelled T-I-R-A-N-T-E-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 100,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tirantez is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tension, tightness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calidad de tirante”.

What does tirantez mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetension, tightness

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Calidad de tirante. 2. Dirección de los planos de hilada de un arco o bóveda. 3. Distancia en línea recta entre los extremos de una cosa. 4. Sentimiento de hostilidad implícita entre personas o grupos; tensión.

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 tirantez

  • tiranteces plural

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

How do you pronounce tirantez?

  • /tiɾanˈteθ/
  • [t̪i.ɾãn̪ˈt̪eθ]
  • /tiɾanˈtes/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tirantez in Spanish?

tirantez appears about once in every 7 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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