tornado
Spanish, noun/toɾˈnado/
tornado is spelled T-O-R-N-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tornado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tornado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of tornar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Violento torbellino de aire en forma de cono invertido, que gira sobre sí mismo y se extiende desde las nubes…”.
What does tornado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetornado
verb
- 1
past participle of tornar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Violento torbellino de aire en forma de cono invertido, que gira sobre sí mismo y se extiende desde las nubes hasta la superficie terrestre.
verb: 1. Participio de tornar.
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 tornado
- tornados plural
- tornada feminine
- tornadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tornado?
- /toɾˈnado/
- [t̪oɾˈna.ð̞o]
- [t̪oɾˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tornado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tornado in Spanish?
tornado appears 3.1 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).