TMA
Spanish, noun[ˈt̪ma]
TMA is spelled T-M-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). TMA is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “initialism of tristeza y muerte de agave: a blight that has reduced the production of the agave grown to produce tequila” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does TMA mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinitialism of tristeza y muerte de agave: a blight that has reduced the production of the agave grown to produce tequila
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Área de control en la confluencia de aerovías por encima de aeropuertos y aeródromos cuya finalidad es disponer de un área lo suficientemente grande para contener el tráfico aéreo. TMA y CTA vienen a ser lo mismo, pero la diferencia es que un TMA engloba una zona más importante y generalmente afecta a más de un aeropuerto.
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 TMA?
- [ˈt̪ma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is TMA in Spanish?
TMA 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).