tobiano
Spanish, noun/toˈbjano/
tobiano is spelled T-O-B-I-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tobiano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tobiano (a pinto horse with a spotted colour pattern consisting of white-haired, pink-skinned patches on a base coat colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Idioma austronesio del grupo micronesio, hablado en Tobi y otras islas de Palau. Tiene menos de 200…”.
What does tobiano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetobiano (a pinto horse with a spotted colour pattern consisting of white-haired, pink-skinned patches on a base coat colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho del pelaje del yeguarizo, pelaje con grandes manchas de bordes bien definidos de color zaino oscuro y blanco.
noun: 1. Idioma austronesio del grupo micronesio, hablado en Tobi y otras islas de Palau. Tiene menos de 200 hablantes, por lo que es un idioma en peligro de extinción.
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 tobiano
- tobianos plural
- tobiana feminine
- tobianas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tobiano?
- /toˈbjano/
- [t̪oˈβ̞ja.no]
- [t̪oˈβ̞jano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tobiano in Spanish?
tobiano appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).