tizo

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tītiō via the nominative form. Alternatively a back-formation from tizón. Cf. the variation in Italian between tizzo and tizzone. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈtiθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈtiso/
  • Rhymes: -iθo
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: ti‧zo

Noun

tizo m (plural tizos)

  1. charred piece of wood
    • 1599, Mateo Alemán, Primera parte de Guzmán de Alfarache , (ed. by José María Micó, Madrid: Cátedra, 1992):
      vino mi amo con un terrible dolor de costado en las sienes, y estando en el hogar sólo un tizo me quiso aporrear: que para qué gastaba tanta leña, que se quemaría la casa.
      My master came in with a terrible headache on the side. As I was at the hearth, he hit me with a piece of charred wood, scolding me asking why I was using up so much firewood, because the house could get burnt.

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