retintín

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Latin tinnīre

Latin retinnīre

Spanish retiñir

Spanish retintín

From retiñir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retinˈtin/ [re.t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: re‧tin‧tín

Noun

retintín m (plural retintines)

1. chiming (of bells)

Further reading

• “retintín”, 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