"tío" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtio/, [ˈt̪i.o] Forms: tíos [plural], tía [feminine], tías [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -io Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish tio, from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Italian zio, Galician tío and Portuguese tio, Sardinian tiu. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|tio|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish tio, {{inh+|es|osp|tio}} Inherited from Old Spanish tio, {{inh|es|LL.|thius}} Late Latin thius, {{der|es|grc|θεῖος}} Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos), {{cog|it|zio}} Italian zio, {{cog|gl|tío}} Galician tío, {{cog|pt|tio}} Portuguese tio, {{cog|sc|tiu}} Sardinian tiu Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} tío m (plural tíos, feminine tía, feminine plural tías)
  1. uncle (the brother, brother-in-law, or male cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-tío-es-noun-AZcE3KaL
  2. (colloquial, Spain) unknown or any male person, dude, guy Tags: Spain, colloquial, masculine Synonyms: tipo, gallo, tío
    Sense id: en-tío-es-noun-7ZnHjrHI Categories (other): Spanish Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 41 38 18
  3. (colloquial, Spain) friend, mate, pal, man, bro Tags: Spain, colloquial, masculine Synonyms: cuate
    Sense id: en-tío-es-noun-lPSHCn~G Categories (other): Spanish Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 41 38 18
  4. mister (title conferred on an adult male) Tags: masculine Synonyms: señor
    Sense id: en-tío-es-noun-CpFcImtH Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 41 38 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: medio tío, tío abuelo, tío carnal, tío materno, tío paterno, tío político, tío segundo, tío tercero
Synonyms: buey [Mexico], carnal [Mexico], causa [Peru], chabón [Argentina], chaval [Spain], chavo [Mexico], cuate [Mexico], gallo [Chile], güey [Mexico], hombre, huevón [Latin-America, also, pejorative], weón [Latin-America, also, pejorative], fulano [pejorative], mae [Costa-Rica], maje [El-Salvador, also, pejorative], marica [Colombia, Venezuela, also, pejorative], man [Latin-America], mijo [Mexico], pana [Dominican-Republic, Ecuador, Puerto-Rico, Venezuela], pibe [Argentina, Uruguay], tipo, tío [Spain], tron [Spain], tronco [Spain]

Inflected forms

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      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "chaval"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "chavo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "cuate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
      ],
      "word": "gallo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "güey"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "word": "hombre"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "also",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "huevón"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "also",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "weón"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "fulano"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Costa-Rica"
      ],
      "word": "mae"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "El-Salvador",
        "also",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "maje"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "Venezuela",
        "also",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "marica"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ],
      "word": "man"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "mijo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Dominican-Republic",
        "Ecuador",
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "Venezuela"
      ],
      "word": "pana"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Uruguay"
      ],
      "word": "pibe"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "word": "tipo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "tío"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "tron"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:tío",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "tronco"
    }
  ],
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}

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