tias
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pluralof tia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Handing down clothing in this way reminded the women of their mothers, tias, abuelas and other family members who have sent gently used clothing to their homelands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
She is clever and surprisingly funny even when talking about serious things — from structural racism in immigration policy to the tios, tias and ancestors who have shaped her studies and her life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Those babbies and tias and friends most likely died after being isolated from friends and family in their final days.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2021
“The majority of people in those trainings were 60 plus, they were tias, they were abuelas,” Makam said.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2018
There was her mother ever present, or if she must absent herself, there was a bevy of tias comadres surrounding her, until the Doña Anita dare not even raise her eyes to meet his.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy