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tipo

"tipo" means "indicating approximation or uncertainty" in Italian. It is number 225 on the frequency list, in A1 (adv).

Meaning

indicating approximation or uncertainty; like, kinda; for example

IPA

/ˈti.po/

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Che tipo è?
  What kind is it?
  Tatoeba: Guybrush88 / CM
• Sei il mio tipo.
  You're my type.
  Tatoeba: Pharamp / Swift
• È il mio tipo.
  She's my type.
  Tatoeba: Guybrush88 / CK

Learned together

In the course, "tipo" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• meglio better
• ecco here is, there is
• già already, yet
• ce us, there (before lo, la, ne:…
• nuovo new
• male badly
• giusto just, exactly
• grande big, large
• appena barely, hardly

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