tía

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tia"

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪i.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: tí‧a

Noun

tía f (plural tíes)

1. aunt, female equivalent of tíu

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “tíu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “tíu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Icelandic

Etymology

Formed from the numeral tíu, perhaps by directly reanalyzing 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 (feminine)

	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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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!

Derived terms

• casa de tía
• tía abuela
• tía segunda
• tía tercera
• tití

Further reading

• “tía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiə˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tiə˦˥]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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• Audio (Saigon):

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Etymology 1

From Teochew 爹 (tia³³). Compare Khmer ទៀ (tiə), Thai เตี่ย (dtìia).

Noun

tía • (爺)

1. (Southern Vietnam) father; dad

   Synonyms: bố, ba, cha, thầy, cậu, bọ, áng

   • 2025, Sinike, “Muốn cua anh làm bồ [Want to turn you into lover]”‎^[1]performed by Dương Ái Vy:

     ♀: Nhà má mười mấy công ruộng nà
     Còn tía thì mấy trăm chuồng gà
     Mình em thì lo sao hết
     Anh ơi có duyên xin mời qua

     ♀: [My] mom's family has more than ten côngs of rice fields
     And [my] dad has hundreds of chicken coops
     I can't take care of everything by myself
     If you have the chance, please come over

Derived terms

• tía má

Pronoun

tía

1. (Southern Vietnam) you (used to refer to an older man)
   • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, “Cải ơi”, in Cánh đồng bất tận, NXB Trẻ:

     […] tưởng tía làm lớn để lo cho dân, ai dè cũng bo bo cho mình.

     […] I imagined you aimed big to serve the people; who thought you do it all for yourself too.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

tía

1. (dated) purple

Derived terms

• đỏ mặt tía tai
• đỏ tía
• tía tô

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 thuỷ; xanh mòng két	xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh	xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
tím; chàm	tía	hồng