Noun: tío
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | tío |
| Singular f | tía |
| Plural m | tíos |
| Plural f | tías |
Sample Sentences
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O meu tío é o irmán da miña nai ou do meu pai. (My uncle is my mother’s or father’s brother.)
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E ese tío gritoume. (And that guy yelled at me.)
Nouns inflected like tío
preguiceiro,
metafísico,
serbio,
entomólogo,
estreleiro,
cunqueiro,
becerro,
palestino,
granxeiro,
georgiano,
kiribatiano,
escandinavo,
chadiano,
tamborileiro,
antónimo,
búlgaro,
alcohólico,
milenario,
mauritano,
anglofóbico, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese tio, from Late Latin thīum, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Portuguese tio. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
tio', Ancient Greek Nouns '
θεῖος', Portuguese Nouns '
tio'.
Verbs referencing "tío"
Spanish Nouns
tío.
Translations