tía

tía

See also: tia, Tia, TIA, tiā, tỉa, and ti'a

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtia/, [ˈt̪i.a]

Noun

tía f (plural tíes)

1. aunt, female equivalent of tíu

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɐ/

Noun

tía f (plural tías)

1. aunt

   A miña tía é a irmá do meu pai ou da miña nai.

   My aunt is my mother's or father's sister.

2. (colloquial) woman

   ¡Tías boas!

   Hot chicks!

Synonyms

• titía

Related terms

• tío

Further reading

• “tía” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Icelandic

Etymology

Formed from the numeral tíu, perhaps by directly reanalizing the -u as the weak feminine oblique suffix in environments where tíu is the object in a sentence. Compare nía and átta, also fimma, sexa, sjöa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰiːja/

  Rhymes: -iːja

Noun

tía f (genitive singular tíu, nominative plural tíur)

1. ten (playing card, bus, etc., numbered 10)

Declension

declension of tía

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tía	tían	tíur	tíurnar
accusative	tíu	tíuna	tíur	tíurnar
dative	tíu	tíunni	tíum	tíunum
genitive	tíu	tíunnar	tía	tíanna

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪i.a]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: tí‧a

Noun

tía f (plural tías, masculine tío, masculine plural tíos)

1. female equivalent of tío; aunt; the sister, sister-in-law or female cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent

   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.

2. (colloquial, Spain) woman, chick

   ¡Tías buenas! ― Hot chicks!

Usage notes

The noun tío is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

Derived terms

• tía abuela
• tía segunda
• tía tercera

 

Further reading

• “tía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiə˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tiə˦˥]

• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 爹 (SV: đa). Compare Mandarin 爹 (diē).

Noun

tía • (紫)

1. (Southern Vietnam) father; dad

Synonyms

• thầy
• bố
• ba
• cậu
• thầy
• bọ

Derived terms

• tía má ơi - (idiomatic) Holy Mother of God!

 

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 紫 (“purple”, SV: tử).

Adjective

tía

1. (dated) purple

Derived terms

• đỏ mặt tía tai - furious
• tía tô - perilla

 

See also

Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)

trắng	xám	đen
đỏ; thắm, thẫm	cam; nâu	vàng; kem
vàng chanh	xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục	xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
xanh lơ, hồ thủy; xanh mòng két	xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh	xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
tím; chàm	tía	hồng