tía

A2Rank #945

female equivalent of tío: aunt; the sister, sister-in-law or female cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent (uncle)

Part of speech
noun
Article
la
Gender
feminine
Frequency rank
#945 of 5,000

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.

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"tía" in example sentences

"tía" appears in 108 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation, counting 2 spellings (singular and plural). Here are 3 of them.

Es tu tía, ¿no?

She's your aunt, isn't she?

Tatoeba #10012150

Las mujeres son mis tías.

The women are my aunts.

Tatoeba #1207434

Ella no es mi tía.

She is not my aunt.

Tatoeba #11130178

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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