tipo

From Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to poke”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtipo/
• Syllabification: ti‧po
• Rhymes: -ipo

tipo m

1. type, model, pattern, standard

   Synonyms: modelo, exemplar

2. type, kind, sort, manner, class

   Synonyms: clase, mena

• tipo, in Aragonario – diccionario castellano–aragonés
• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), page 1088

Borrowed from Spanish tipo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtipo/ [ˈti.po]
• Hyphenation: ti‧po

típo (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜉᜓ)

1. type; class

   Synonym: klase

• IPA^(key): /tiˈpoʔ/ [tiˈpoʔ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧po

tipô (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜉᜓ)

1. burnt rice (at the bottom of the pot)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tipuq.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtipoʔ/ [ˈti.poʔ]
• Hyphenation: ti‧po

tipò

1. instance of losing a tooth

Apocopic form of tipolo.

• Hyphenation: ti‧po

tipo

1. Artocarpus blancoi; a tree in the family Moraceae and endemic to the Philippines
2. the fruit of this tree
3. the edible seeds of this tree

From French type, from Ecclesiastical Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos). Doublet of tajpi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtipo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ipo
• Hyphenation: ti‧po

tipo (accusative singular tipon, plural tipoj, accusative plural tipojn)

1. type (grouping based on shared characteristics)

From Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to poke”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtipo/ [ˈt̪i.pʊ]
• Rhymes: -ipo

tipo m (plural tipos)

1. type

   O xenio francés ten un tipo de beleza incompatíbel cos horrores da guerra.

   The French genius has a type of beauty incompatible with the horrors of war.

tipo m (plural tipos, feminine tipa, feminine plural tipas)

1. (colloquial) guy, fellow, fella, dude, bloke (UK), chap (UK)

• “tipo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• tipo, in Digalego: Dicionario de Galego (in Galician), Xunta de Galicia
• tipo, in Dicionario de pronuncia da lingua galega (in Galician), Instituto da Lingua Galega, 2025

Borrowed from Latin typus (“symbol”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”, “figure”), derived from τύπτω (túptō, “I beat, strike”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.po/
• Rhymes: -ipo
• Hyphenation: tì‧po

tipo (invariable)

1. standard, model, average, stock

tipo

1. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty; like, kinda

   C'erano, tipo, venti persone.

   There were, like, twenty people.

tipo m (plural tipi, feminine tipa)

1. type, standard, pattern
2. type, kind, sort, quality, model, style

   Synonyms: genere, varietà, qualità, modello, sorta

3. (informal) type, person, fellow, guy, bloke, character, chap, turn

   Synonyms: persona, personaggio, tizio, soggetto

4. phylum (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class

• tìpo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• tipo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Pito, opti, poti, topi

tipo

1. treachery
2. traitor

• makatipo

From Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to poke”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.

• typo (pre-standardization spelling)

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈti.pu/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.pʷ/
• Hyphenation: ti‧po

tipo m (plural tipos)

1. kind; sort; type (grouping based on shared characteristics)

   Este tipo de fruta é muito doce.

   This kind of fruit is very sweet.

2. (dated) guy; bloke (unspecified or unknown man)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) cara, sujeito

   Um tipo apareceu em minha casa.

   Some guy showed up at my house.

3. (typography) type (letter or character used for printing)
4. (linguistics) a language type in typology

• tipinho (diminutive)

tipo

1. (informal) (just) like; comparable to; similar to

   Synonyms: igual, parecido com, como

   Lobos são tipo cães só que maiores e mais selvagens.

   Wolves are like dogs but bigger and more wild.

2. (informal) like; such as; for instance

   Synonyms: como, tal como, por exemplo, como por exemplo

   Queria ter um animal fofo, tipo um gato.

   I wish to have a cute animal, such as a cat.

3. (informal) like (mild intensifier)

   Synonym: tipo assim

   Eu tive que, tipo, ler um livro.

   I had to, like, read a book.

• tipo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “tipo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tipo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

tipo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tipar

• IPA^(key): /ˈtipo/ [ˈt̪i.po]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ipo
• Syllabification: ti‧po

From Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to poke”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.

tipo m (plural tipos)

1. kind, type, sort, manner

   Synonyms: clase, especie, género, suerte, jaez

   todo tipo de cosas ― all sorts/kinds of things

   ¿Sabes qué tipo de música le gusta a Roberta?

   Do you know what kind of music Roberta likes?

   Mi tipo preferido de hombre es el que reconoce cuando es mejor callarse y admitir que yo tengo razón.

   My favorite type of man is [the type] who recognizes when it's better to shut up and admit that I'm right.

2. rate, interest rate

   Synonym: (Spain) tipo de interés

   • 2020 April 25, “Dos mujeres al rescate del sur”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Tanto Lagarde como Von der Leyen hablaban, sin citarla, de la ventaja comparativa que tendrán de nuevo las empresas alemanas, como en la crisis de 2008 —en realidad nunca la han perdido— al endeudarse a tipos mucho más baratos que las del sur.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. composure, cool
4. build; figure (of a body)

   tiene buen tipo

   he is well-built

• tipo de dato
• tipo de letra
• tipo de cambio
• tipo de gravamen
• tipo impositivo

tipo m (plural tipos, feminine tipa, feminine plural tipas)

1. (colloquial) guy, fellow, fella, dude, bloke (UK), chap (UK)

   Synonyms: (pejorative) fulano, (Spain) tío, (Mexico) cuate; see also Thesaurus:tío

tipo (feminine tipa, masculine plural tipos, feminine plural tipas)

1. (El Salvador) dolled up, smartened up, dressed for a special occasion

   Synonym: arreglado, acicalado, emperifollado (Spain)

   estar tipo ― to be primped up

From a local language, probably Quechua, along with muña.

tipo m (plural tipos)

1. (Ecuador) Minthostachys spp

   Synonyms: (Argentina) peperina, (Peru, Bolivia) muña, (Peru) chamcua, (Ecuador) poleo

   • 2018 March 13, Rosa Estefanía López Casigña, “Utilización de aceites esenciales de la planta tipo (Minthostachys mollis), para la conservación de carne de hamburguesa”, in Ciencia Digital‎^[2], volume 3, number 2.6, Riobamba, →DOI:

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tipo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tipar

• “tipo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish tipo, from Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtipo/ [ˈt̪iː.po]
• Rhymes: -ipo
• Syllabification: ti‧po

tipo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜉᜓ)

1. type; kind; class; style

   Synonyms: klase, uri, estilo

2. (printing) type
3. features; physical appearance; shape; form

   Synonyms: anyo, hugis, itsura

• The word can be used to elaborate a situation.

  Gusto ko ng kasama, yung tipong sasamahan ka kahit may problema.

  I like a partner, a type where he/she will abide by you despite problems.

From Proto-Philippine *tipuq.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tiˈpoʔ/ [t̪ɪˈpoʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtipoʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.poʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ipoʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧po

tipô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜉᜓ)

1. broken at the base (of a tooth, branch, horn, etc.)

   Synonym: punggal

2. notched; dented (in the edge or rim of bladed tools, cups, plates, etc.)

   Synonyms: bungi, pingas, bungal

tipò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜉᜓ)

1. notch; indentation (in the edge or rim of bladed tools, cups, plates, etc.)

   Synonyms: bingaw, bungi, pingas

2. breaking of the base (of a tooth, branch, horn, etc.)

   Synonyms: punggal, pagkapunggal

• “tipo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tipuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• ipot, pito