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tombo

Spanish, noun/ˈtombo/

tombo is spelled T-O-M-B-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 89,640th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tombo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Individuo que pertenece al cuerpo de la Policía”.

What does tombo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecop

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Individuo que pertenece al cuerpo de la Policía.

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 tombo

  • tombos plural

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

How do you pronounce tombo?

  • /ˈtombo/
  • [ˈt̪õm.bo]
  • [ˈt̪õmbo]

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

English words that translate to tombo

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

How common is tombo in Spanish?

tombo appears about once in every 6 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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