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tia.

aunt (sister of someone's father or mother, or an uncle's wife)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/Brazil/ˈti.ɐ/Portugal/ˈti.ɐ/Northeast-Brazil
  1. aunt (sister of someone's father or mother, or an uncle's wife)

    feminine
  2. aunt (colloquial term of address for an older woman)

    feminine · slang
  3. colloquial term of address for any female person

    broadly · feminine · slang
  4. a female clerk who performs a regular activity

    Brazil · feminine · slang
    tia da limpeza
Where this word comes from

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

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