tizón
Spanish, noun/tiˈθon/
tizón is spelled T-I-Z-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,203rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tizón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a stick which is burning or smoldering; brand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedazo de madera parcialmente quemado o en proceso de arder”.
What does tizón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea stick which is burning or smoldering; brand
- 2
masculineergot, especially that which affects wheat, barley and oats
- 3
masculinepotato blight
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pedazo de madera parcialmente quemado o en proceso de arder. 2. Mancha en la reputación, aprecio o fama. 3. (Tilletia spp.) Tipo de hongo de color negruzco que invade los ovarios de algunos cereales, especialmente el trigo. 4. Nombre común de algunas enfermedades de las plantas provocadas por hongos y bacterias, que se caracterizan por marchitez y manchas en las hojas que recuerdan quemaduras.
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 tizón
- tizones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tizón?
- /tiˈθon/
- [t̪iˈθõn]
- /tiˈson/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tizón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tizón in Spanish?
tizón appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).