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Originally Posted by poli

Tío in Spain is like bloke in England. Most Americans will understand the word bloke but never use it unless they want to sound British. Most latinos understand tío to mean guy/bloke, but don't use it because it sounds continental. From what I can tell, to latinos tio means uncle y nada más sino en Peru donde tío significa vejestorio.
En Puerto Rico no usan alaja en un modo despectivo, pero perla es la palabra.
Este hombre es una perla.--is no compliment.

Thanks ... my best friend is Peruvian. So ..... I assume that in Peru, tio doesn't ALWAYS mean vejestorio. Right? Because my friend's son calls several of his father's friends "Tio Joe" or whatever....