tio

Betekenis (English)

  1. (masculine) uncle (brother of someone's father or mother, or an aunt's husband)
  2. (Brazil, colloquial, diminutive, masculine, usually) uncle (term of address for any adult)
  3. (Brazil, colloquial, masculine) uncle (term of address for any adult)
  4. (Brazil, masculine, slang) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro
  5. (masculine) an informal form of address for older people

Frekwensie

A2
Hyphenated as
ti‧o
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃi.u/
Etymology (English)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tio, from Late Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Galician and Spanish tío, Italian zio, Sardinian tiu.

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