tómbolo
Spanish, noun[ˈt̪õmbolo]
tómbolo is spelled T-Ó-M-B-O-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish, the 304,756th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tómbolo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the police” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pequeña península que se forma cuando un cordón litoral perpendicular a la costa se conecta con un islote…”.
What does tómbolo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangthe police
- 2
masculinetombolo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pequeña península que se forma cuando un cordón litoral perpendicular a la costa se conecta con un islote próximo.
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 tómbolo
- tómbolos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tómbolo?
- [ˈt̪õmbolo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tómbolo in Spanish?
tómbolo appears about once in every 78 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).