tonante
Spanish, adjective/toˈnante/
tonante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “thunderous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que truena. Se usa como epíteto del dios Zeus (Júpiter)”.
What does tonante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que truena. Se usa como epíteto del dios Zeus (Júpiter).
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 tonante
- tonantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonante?
- /toˈnante/
- [t̪oˈnãn̪.t̪e]
- [t̪oˈnãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonante in Spanish?
tonante appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).