tibieza

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tep-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *t(e)péh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *tepēō

Latin tepeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin tepidus

Old Spanish tibio

Spanish tibio

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Spanish -eza

Spanish tibieza

From tibio + -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈbjeθa/ [t̪iˈβ̞je.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /tiˈbjesa/ [t̪iˈβ̞je.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ti‧bie‧za

Noun

tibieza f (plural tibiezas)

1. tepidness, lukewarmness
2. warmth (of character)

Further reading

• “tibieza”, 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