tutear

Meaning

to address someone informally with tú, rather than the formal usted or the informal pronoun vos used in certain countries; to thou

Concepts

dozen

thee and thou

address as tú

address informally

use the familiar form

be on first-name terms

Synonyms

vacilar

tutearse

Translations

duzen

tutoyer

tutoyeren

tutejar

dare del tu

dozzina

atuar

tratar por tu

atuar

atuar

Dutzend

μιλώ στον ενικός

dar del tu a

dare del tu a

Hyphenated as

tu‧te‧ar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tuteˈaɾ/

Etymology

Cognate with French: tutoyer

Cognate with Romanian: tutui

In summary

From tú + -ear, with euphonic -t-. Compare French tutoyer and Romanian tutui.