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tope

Spanish, noun

tope is spelled T-O-P-E (4 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tope is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “butt, end, butt end” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of topar. With an accent, topé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of topar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar en donde dos cosas se topan”.

What does tope mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebutt, end, butt end

  2. 2

    masculinestop, catch, snag (also figuratively)

  3. 3

    masculinecollision

  4. 4

    masculinequarrel, fight

  5. 5

    masculinereinforcement

  6. 6

    masculinebuffer, bumper

  7. 7

    masculinemasthead, lookout

  8. 8

    Mexicomasculinespeed bump

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetop, limit

adverb

  1. 1

    Spaincolloquialreally

    Es tope feo

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as topé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of topar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lugar en donde dos cosas se topan. 2. Pieza que impide que el movimiento de otra supere un determinado punto. 3. Por extensión, pieza que amortigua el choque de un tren. 4. Refuerzo metálico que se inserta en la punta de un zapato o bota.

noun: 1. Perista.

noun: 1. El límite al que puede llegar algo. 2. Marinero que está de vigía en un punto de la arboladura de mayor altura que la cofa. 3. El extremo superior que tiene cada palo de la arboladura. 4. En particular, el extremo superior del mastelero en donde se ubican las grímpolas y las perillas.

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 tope

  • topes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to tope

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tope in Spanish?

tope appears 8.9 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).

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