tio

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Singapore[tjoʔ˨˩]Singapore, sentence final[tjoʔ˦˧]

interjection

Correct; that's right.

“He tio virus”

OriginHokkien 著 →
Less commonScrabble 3
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Meanings

tio1

interjection
  1. SinglishuncommonCorrect; that's right.
verbtio (invariable)
  1. SinglishinvariabletransitiveTo get, receive, experience, suffer or be affected by.

    He tio virus

    1 more example

    She tio money

  2. SinglishintransitiveinvariableTo win a game, especially a game of chance.

    She play lottery and tio

  3. SinglishauxiliaryinvariablerareUsed before a verb to indicate the passive voice.

    I tio banned

Tio2

proper nounTio (plural Tios)

plural Tios

  1. A surname.

Origin

tio · interjection, verb

  1. Hokkien著
  2. Englishtio

Borrowed from Hokkien 著 (tio̍h).

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Tio · proper noun

  1. CatalanTió
  2. PortugueseTio
  3. SpanishTío
  4. EnglishTio

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Tío and Portuguese Tio, from tío (“uncle”) and tio (“uncle”). * Borrowed from Catalan Tió, a nickname from tió (“log, stump for burning”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ItoOtiTOI
Cite this entry
APA

tio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tio

MLA

“tio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tio. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tio.

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