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toma

Spanish, noun

toma is spelled T-O-M-A (4 letters) and appears 102 times per million words in written Spanish, the 869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toma is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “conquest, capture, taking, takeover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tomar. With an accent, tomá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of tomar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de tomar (recibir o encargarse de algo)”.

What does toma mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineconquest, capture, taking, takeover

  2. 2

    femininedose, serving

  3. 3

    feminineintake

  4. 4

    feminineellipsis of toma de corriente (“socket, connector, outlet (for power, communication, etc.)”)

  5. 5

    feminineshot, take, recording

  6. 6

    femininean act of political civil disobedience through occupation protest that assumes control of a place, often a building or park

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

suffix

as -toma
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of -tomo

verb

as tomá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of tomar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de tomar (recibir o encargarse de algo). 2. Ración o dosis de algo que se recibe o consume de una vez, o de un medicamento administrado por vía oral. 3. Conexión o lugar desde donde fluye corriente eléctrica, señal de internet, etc. 4. Proceso y resultado de filmar o fotografiar.

interjection: 1. Indica agresión, o castigo físico. 2. Indica sorpresa, similar a ¡vaya!.

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 toma

  • tomas plural

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

English words that translate to toma

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is toma in Spanish?

toma appears 102 times per 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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