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total

Spanish, noun/toˈtal/

total is spelled T-O-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 195 times per million words in written Spanish, the 416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Total is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “total” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Resultado final de una serie de operaciones o cálculos”.

What does total mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinetotal, complete, outright

adverb

  1. 1

    colloquialbasically, so, in short (used to summarise)

    Total, que no puedo venir.

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetotal

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Propio de o relativo al todo 2. Que comprende toda la extensión de una cosa o conjunto 3. Que comprende todos los aspectos de una cosa o conjunto

noun: 1. Resultado final de una serie de operaciones o cálculos 2. En particular, resultado final de una serie de adiciones

adverb: 1. Úsase para indicar que lo dicho anteriormente no modifica lo que se mencionará, que es una conclusión que ya se había establecido explícita o implícitamente.

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 total

  • totales feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce total?

  • /toˈtal/
  • [t̪oˈt̪al]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to total

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

How common is total in Spanish?

total appears 195 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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