How to Say "aunt" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “aunt” is “tía” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishA1

tía

NounA1

The sister of your mother or father.

A young child happily handing a wrapped birthday gift to a smiling adult woman who is clearly their aunt.

Examples

Mi tía Ana es la hermana de mi madre.

My aunt Ana is my mother's sister.

Voy a visitar a mis tíos este fin de semana.

I'm going to visit my aunt and uncle this weekend.

Le compré un regalo a mi tía por su cumpleaños.

I bought a gift for my aunt for her birthday.

Aunt and Uncle Together

To talk about your aunt and uncle together, you use the masculine plural form: 'mis tíos'. This is a common pattern in Spanish for mixed-gender groups.

Forgetting the 'a'

Mistake: “Voy a visitar mi tía.”

Correction: Voy a visitar a mi tía. When a person is the one receiving the action of a verb, you need to put a little word 'a' right before them. We call this the 'personal a'.

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