tutela
Spanish, noun
tutela is spelled T-U-T-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,318th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tutela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “custody” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tutelar. With an accent, tutelá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of tutelar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Amparo concedido por la ley a los huérfanos y menores”.
What does tutela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecustody
- 2
feminineguardianship
- 3
femininetitle
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of tutelar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amparo concedido por la ley a los huérfanos y menores. 2. Cargo de tutor. 3. Especie de dependencia en que se vive respecto del que manda.
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 tutela
- tutelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tutela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tutela in Spanish?
tutela appears 4.8 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).