tonina

See also: toniña, toñina, and tónina

Spanish

Alternative forms

• toñina

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *thunnina, from Latin thunnus (“tuna”), from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Compare Catalan tonyina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈnina/ [t̪oˈni.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: to‧ni‧na

Noun

tonina f (plural toninas)

1. common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
2. tuna

Derived terms

• tollina
• tonina overa

Further reading

• “tonina”, 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