Masculine

tío

Meaning

  1. (masculine) uncle (the brother, brother-in-law, or male cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent)
  2. (Spain, colloquial, masculine) unknown or any male person, dude, guy
  3. (Spain, colloquial, masculine) friend, mate, pal, man, bro
  4. (masculine) mister (title conferred on an adult male)

Concepts

uncle
guy
bloke
dude
fellow
chap
man
👨
fella

mother’s brother

buster
paternal uncle
cat
😺
maternal uncle
feller
sir
twerp
Gee
nuncle
unky
unc

Crikey

blighter

Blimey

bozo
bruce
cove
cuss
geezer
gent
hombre
homey
lad
mother
👩‍🍼
mush
pal
paternal
Synonyms

tipo
A1
tío materno
güey
45k

hermano de la madre

güey
45k

hermano de madre

chaval
B2
🧒
cuate
49k
amigo
A1
tío paterno

tio

compadre
C2
don
A2
🎁
man
B2
👨
wey

suegro del hombre

che
C2

hermano de padre

gachó
👨
parce
chache
churra
tito
C2
bato
mae
C2
adulto
B2
🧑

familiares de la novia que acompañan en la boda

colega
B1
flaco
C2
hombre
A1
👨
huevón
33k
mano
A1
✋
muchacho
A2
👦
novio
A2
señor
A1
tía
A2
tronco
C1
Translations

zio
Onkel
oncle
tio
oom

θείος

oncle
mec
Oheim
patruus
tonton
nonkel
Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
tí‧o
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtio/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish
tio
Cognate with Italian
Italian
zio
Cognate with Galician
Galician
tío
Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
tio
Cognate with Sardinian
tiu
In summary

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

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