tonina
Spanish, noun
tonina is spelled T-O-N-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, toñina is a different word: “tuna (fish)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Inia geoffrensis, Cephalorhynchus eutropia, Cephalorhynchus commersonii o Pontoporia blainvillei) Delfín que…”.
What does tonina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecommon bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- 2
femininetuna
noun
- 1
femininetuna (fish)
- 2
femininehit; bash; blow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Thunnus spp.) Atún.
noun: 1. Serie de golpes dados a un persona, ya sea con el cuerpo o usando instrumentos.
noun: 1. (Inia geoffrensis, Cephalorhynchus eutropia, Cephalorhynchus commersonii o Pontoporia blainvillei) Delfín que pertenece a ciertas especies. 2. Atún fresco.
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 tonina
- toninas plural
- toñina alternative
- toñinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is tonina in Spanish?
tonina appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).