La Palabra Del Dia: "tío"
tío ( tee'-oh )
noun ( uncle )
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1. Del lado de mi madre tengo tres tíos, pero ninguno del lado de mi padre.
I have three uncles on my mother's side, but none on my father's.
2. Mi tío es también mi padrino.
My uncle is also my godfather.
Notes:
In Spain, particularly, "tío" is also used to refer to any man, much like the English "guy" (or "bloke").
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Mi tío Bill Stivers fue profesor de español y francés en la Universidad de Pepperdine. Solía preguntarme, "¿Todavía eres minusválido monolinguamente?"
My uncle Bill Stivers was a professor of Spanish and French at Pepperdine University. He used to ask me, "Are you still monolingually handicapped?"
El tío Fester hizo todo lo possible para ahorrar electricidad.
Uncle Fester always did his best to save electricity.
El tío de Harry Potter fue el vivo ejemplo de malicia y retraso y hacía todo para impedir que su sobrino se convertiera en mago.
Harry Potter's uncle was the living example of malice and backwardness and did everything to prevent his nephew from becoming a magician.
Soy una sobrina adoptiva de ese tío famosísimo.
I am an adopted niece of this very famous uncle.
My uncle and my nephew have visited my house on National Day.
Mi tío y mi sobrino han visitado la casa cerca de las fiestas patrias.
Today (July, 28) is the Independence Day in my country. Visit my beloved country: Perú! 
Se dice que una mujer puede enamorase de cualquier tío guapo, sin preguntar como realmente es..
It's said that women can fall in love with justabout any goodlooking chap, without asking what he is really like..
Mis tios son una chulería. Ellos son como mis segundos padres.
My uncles are the greatest. They are like my second fathers.
Este fin de semana espero tener algunas conversaciones buenas, porque vamos a la reunión familiar de mi esposa, y por lo menos uno de sus tíos, quién era profesor de informática, siempre tiene algo interesante para decir, y no me deja abandonado a ocuparme colgado viendo los dramas familiares.
This weekend I expect to have some good conversations, because we are going to my wife’s family reunion, and at least one of her uncles, who was a computer science professor, always has something interesting to say, and does not leave me to occupy myself watching the family dramas.
A mi tía Maria, le gusta whisky, pero su hermana, Sofía, prefiere Kahlúa, y su esposo, mi tío, prefiere Tía Maria... Mi familia es muy complicada a veces...
My aunt Mary likes whisky, but her sister, Sofia, prefers, Kahlúa, and her husband, my uncle, prefers Tía Maria... My family is very complicated sometimes...
Le he dicho mil veces que estudie, pero no hay tu tía.
I’ve asked him a thousand times to do some work, but he doesn’t take a blind bit of notice.
Solamente uno de mis tios todavía sigue vivo. Ya tiene más de noventa años. Mis hijos no tienen ningún tio, pero sus niños tienen varios. Uno de mis nietos ya tiene cuatro tios, y si su tia se casa va a tener cinco.
Only one of my uncles is still alive. He is already over ninety. My sons have no uncles, but their children have several. One of my grandchildren already has four uncles, and if his aunt gets married he will have five.
El agente de CIPOL.
The man from uncle.
OK, así que me engañó un poco.
OK so, I cheated a little.
La palabra "tío puede ser utilizado por los jóvenes en el sentido de 'dude;.
En muchos países.
The word uncle can be used by young guys to mean 'dude'.
In many countries.
Ya no tengo ningún tío vivo. Los cuatro han muerto. Es triste.
I no longer have any living uncles. All four have died. It is sad.
Realmente, soy muy afortunada de que él es mi padre entre sus hermanos. No me gustan á mis tíos en absoluto.
Really, I'm very lucky that he's my father among his brothers. I don't like my uncles at all.
