Noun: tía
Gender: f
Hyphenation: tí‧a
| Singular m | tío |
| Singular f | tía |
| Plural m | tíos |
| Plural f | tías |
Sample Sentences
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Mi tía es la hermana o prima de mi madre o de mi padre. (My aunt is my mother's or father's sister or female cousin.)
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tías buenas (hot chicks)
Nouns inflected like tía
comprometida,
prometida,
lavandera,
amiguita,
muchachita,
santera,
bisabuela,
burrera,
psicooncóloga,
querida,
nietastra,
negrita,
hijastra,
kiosquera,
ñorsa,
hacendera,
golfa,
gocha,
momia,
bruja, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos)
3. Proto-Indo-European *-is
4. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
5. Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
6. Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)
7. Ancient Greek θείᾱ (theíā)bor.
8. Late Latin thia
9. Spanish tía
10. Inherited from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
θεία'.
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