tótem
Spanish, noun
tótem is spelled T-Ó-T-E-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 49,460th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tótem is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “totem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, totem is a different word: “alternative spelling of tótem”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Espíritu o ser sobrenatural que en algunas mitologías se considera ancestro y patrón de un linaje”.
What does tótem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetotem
- 2
masculinetotem pole
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of tótem
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espíritu o ser sobrenatural que en algunas mitologías se considera ancestro y patrón de un linaje. 2. Linaje que desciende de un tótem₁. 3. Representación pictórica o escultórica de un tótem₁.
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 tótem
- totems plural
- tótems plural
- totem alternative
- tóutem alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tótem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tótem in Spanish?
tótem appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).