tontera
Spanish, noun/tonˈteɾa/
tontera is spelled T-O-N-T-E-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tontera is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “nonsense, tosh (something that is dumb)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tontería (dicho o hecho tonto)”.
What does tontera mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininenonsense, tosh (something that is dumb)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tontería (dicho o hecho tonto).
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 tontera
- tonteras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tontera?
- /tonˈteɾa/
- [t̪õn̪ˈt̪e.ɾa]
- [t̪õn̪ˈt̪eɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tontera in Spanish?
tontera 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).