Tito - Wiktionary

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tito"

English

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Etymology

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From Tagalog tito, from Spanish tito.

Noun

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tito (plural titos)

1. (Philippines) An uncle. Coordinate term: tita
2. (Philippines, slang) An adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle.

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ti‧to

Noun

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tito (feminine iyaan)

1. an uncle; the brother of either parent
2. a male cousin of either parent
3. an affectionate or honorific term for a man of an older generation than oneself

Synonyms

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• tiyo, uyoan

Central Bikol

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ti‧to
• IPA(key): /ˈtito/ [ˈti.to]

Noun

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títo (feminine tita)

1. uncle Synonyms: tiyo, amaon

Czech

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈcɪto]

Pronoun

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tito

1. animate masculine nominative plural of tento

Maranao

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Noun

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tito

1. puppy

Slavomolisano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian tetto.

Noun

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tito m

1. roof

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	tito	titola
genitive	titola	titoli
dative	titolu	titoli
accusative	tito	titola
locative	titolu	titola
instrumental	titolom, titolam	titoli

References

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• Ivica Peša Matracki and Nada Županović Filipin (2014), Changes in the System of Oblique Cases in Molise Croatian Dialect.
• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Spanish

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Etymology 1

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From tío +‎ -ito.

Noun

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tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)

1. (Philippines) uncle
2. (colloquial, Spain) unkie

Etymology 2

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From teto ("grandfather").

Noun

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tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)

1. (informal, Mexico) grandfather, grandpa

Further reading

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• “tito”, 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

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish tito, from tío (“uncle”) +‎ -ito (diminutive suffix), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). By surface analysis, tiyo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

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• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtito/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ti‧to
• Homophone: Tito

Noun

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tito (feminine tita, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓ)

1. uncle Synonyms: tiyo, tiyong, tiyuhin, amain, amba, (slang) tsong
2. (slang) adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle

Derived terms

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• plantito
• tituhin

Related terms

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• Tito

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hokkien 豬肚 / 猪肚 (ti-tǒ͘, “pig tripe”).

Pronunciation

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• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtitoʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -itoʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧to

Noun

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titò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜓ)

1. pig tripe

Usage notes

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• It is often written as tito ng baboy (“pork tito”, literally “tripe of pig”) to differentiate it from the above sense of "uncle".

Related terms

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• goto
• kamto

See also

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• batutay
• kasim
• lugaw
• trepilya

West Coast Bajau

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Alternative forms

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• titoo
• teto
• teto'o

Etymology

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From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *təttawəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

Verb

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tito

1. to laugh