tonel
Spanish, noun/toˈnel/
tonel is spelled T-O-N-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “barrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recipiente de madera, compuesto de duelas aseguradas con aros y dos bases circulares llanas, que se usa para…”.
What does tonel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarrel
- 2
masculinebarrel roll
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recipiente de madera, compuesto de duelas aseguradas con aros y dos bases circulares llanas, que se usa para almacenar vino u otro líquido. 2. El contenido de un tonel₁. 3. Antigua unidad de medida de capacidad de las naves (arqueo), equivalente a cinco sextos de tonelada. 4. Persona muy obesa.
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 tonel
- toneles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonel?
- /toˈnel/
- [t̪oˈnel]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonel in Spanish?
tonel 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).