tómbola
Spanish, noun/ˈtombola/
tómbola is spelled T-Ó-M-B-O-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tómbola is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tombola (lottery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sorteo público, generalmente de carácter benéfico, donde se ofrecen diferentes premios. Es un juego parecido…”.
What does tómbola mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetombola (lottery)
- 2
femininethe place where the tombola raffle lottery is conducted at
- 3
femininethe revolving container where the tombola raffle lottery is played from
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorteo público, generalmente de carácter benéfico, donde se ofrecen diferentes premios. Es un juego parecido al bingo. 2. Lugar donde se realizan estos sorteos. 3. Utensilio empleado para realizar tómbolas₁ y otros sorteos semejantes. Usualmente es un cilindro giratorio que contiene en su interior bolas numeradas o fichas.
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 tómbola
- tómbolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tómbola?
- /ˈtombola/
- [ˈt̪õm.bo.la]
- [ˈt̪õmbola]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tómbola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tómbola in Spanish?
tómbola 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).