tía

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

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

tía f (plural tíes)

1. aunt, female equivalent of tíu

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɐ/

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!

• titía

• tío

• “tía”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰiːja/

  Rhymes: -iːja

tía f (genitive singular tíu, nominative plural tíur)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtia/ [ˈt̪i.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: tí‧a

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!

• “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

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

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

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

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.

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

tía

1. (dated) purple