tontería
Spanish, noun/tonteˈɾia/
tontería is spelled T-O-N-T-E-R-Í-A (8 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,486th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tontería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “something that is dumb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición de tonto”.
What does tontería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesomething that is dumb
- 2
femininetrivial thing
- 3
femininenonsense, gibberish, baloney, malarkey (meaningless words)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición de tonto. 2. Acción o dicho propio de una persona tonta. 3. Por extensión, acción, dicho o cosa carente de importancia o relevancia.
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 tontería
- tonterías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tontería?
- /tonteˈɾia/
- [t̪õn̪.t̪eˈɾi.a]
- [t̪õn̪t̪eˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tontería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tontería in Spanish?
tontería appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).