tres
Spanish, number/ˈtɾes/
tres is spelled T-R-E-S (4 letters) and appears 525 times per million words in written Spanish, the 156th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tres is a Spanish number meaning “three” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dos y uno”.
What does tres mean in English?
number
- 1
three
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
number: 1. Dos y uno. 2. Que ocupa el tercer lugar en una serie. 3. Que está tres₁ veces.
noun: 1. Signo o signos usados para representar al número que tiene tres unidades. 2. Nombre del número 3₁. 3. En las barajas, las cartas que llevan tres marcas que indican su tercer lugar en una serie del mismo palo. 4. Instrumento musical derivado de la guitarra que consta de tres órdenes de dobles triples o cuádruples de cuerdas octavadas (por lo menos un orden).
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 tres
- treses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tres?
- /ˈtɾes/
- [ˈt̪ɾes]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tres
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tres in Spanish?
tres appears 525 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).