tipo
Spanish, noun
tipo is spelled T-I-P-O (4 letters) and appears 447 times per million words in written Spanish, the 185th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tipo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kind, type, sort, manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tipar. With an accent, tipó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of tipar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento real o ideal que representa una clase o categoría”.
What does tipo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekind, type, sort, manner
todo tipo de cosas
- 2
masculinerate, interest rate
- 3
masculinecomposure, cool
- 4
masculinebuild; figure (of a body)
Tiene buen tipo.
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineguy, fellow, fella, dude, bloke (UK), chap (UK)
adjective
- 1
dolled up, smartened up, dressed for a special occasion
estar tipo
particle
- 1
Spaincolloquiallike
noun
- 1
masculineMinthostachys spp
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tipar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of tipar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Elemento real o ideal que representa una clase o categoría. 2. Pieza utilizada en las imprentas que representa un carácter o glifo. 3. Cada una de las clases de una letra de imprenta. 4. Aspecto de una persona.
noun: 1. Úsase para referirse a una persona cualquiera o de la que no se conoce su identidad.
adjective: 1. Que representa una clase o categoría.
adverb: 1. Aproximadamente a las; alrededor de tal tiempo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tipo
- tipos plural
- tipa feminine
- tipas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tipo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tipo in Spanish?
tipo appears 447 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).