Also means
thymus
Usage Note
Timo has two unrelated meanings: colloquially it is a swindle or fraud (ese negocio es un timo), and anatomically it is the thymus gland (el timo produces T-cells). Context makes the sense clear. The colloquial sense comes from the verb timar ('to swindle').
Examples
"Ese producto es un timo."
Natural Translation
That product is a scam.
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