tiento

See also: tiền tố

English

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tiento

Wikipedia

Noun

tiento (uncountable)

1. A musical genre originating in Spain in the mid-15th century.

French

Noun

tiento m (uncountable)

1. tiento (Spanish music genre)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjento/ [ˈt̪jẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: tien‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from tentar.

Noun

tiento m (plural tientos)

1. cane (used by vision-impaired people)

   Synonym: bastón

2. (usually in the plural) reins

   Synonym: riendas

3. sip

   Synonym: sorbo

Etymology 2

Verb

tiento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

Further reading

• “tiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025