tipo

See also tipo-, and -tipo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈti.po/, [ˈt̪iː.po], X-SAMPA: /"ti.pi/
• Rhymes: -ipo
• Hyphenation: tì‧po

Adjective

tipo (invariable)

1. standard, model, average, stock

Noun

tipo m (plural tipi) feminine tipa

1. type, standard, pattern
2. type, kind, sort, quality, model, style
3. (familiar) type, person, fellow, guy, bloke, character, chap

Synonyms

• (2) genere, varietà, qualità, modello, sorta
• (3) persona, personaggio, tizio, soggetto

Derived terms

• tipaccio
• tipico
• tipizzare
• tipo-

Anagrams

• opti, poti, topi

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Portuguese

Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative forms

• typo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (tupos, “mark”), from τύπτω (tuptō, “I poke”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Nordestino) IPA: /ˈti.pu/
• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.pu/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.po/

Noun

tipo m (plural tipos)

1. kind; sort; type (grouping based on shared characteristics)

   Este tipo de fruta é muito doce.

   This kind of fruit is very sweet.

2. guy; bloke (unspecified or unknown man)

   Um tipo apareceu em casa.

   Some guy showed up at my house.

3. (typography) type (letter or character used for printing)
4. (linguistics) a language type in typology

Synonyms

• (guy): cara, sujeito

Particle

tipo

1. (Brazil, informal) like (mild intensifier)

   Eu tive que, tipo, ler um livro.

   I had to, like, read a book.

Synonyms

• tipo assim

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Spanish

Noun

tipo m (plural tipos)

1. kind, type
2. rate, rate of interest

Synonyms

• (rate of interest): tipo de interés

Noun

tipo m (plural tipos, feminine singular tipa, feminine plural tipas)

1. (colloquial) guy, dude

Synonyms

• (kind): clase m, especie, género, suerte
• (guy): fulano (pejorative), huevón (pejorative, Chile), gallo (Chile), mae (Costa Rica), tío (Spain)

Related terms

• típico