tirar

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Vulgar Latin *tirō, tirāre, from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear away, rip or snatch off, pull violently, tug”) (through Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*tiran)), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, tear apart”). Alternatively Late Latin *martyrāre, possibly with influence from Latin trahō. Compare French tirer, Italian tirare.

Verb

tirar (first-person singular indicative present tiro, past participle tiráu)

1. to throw (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
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Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Vulgar Latin *tirō, tirāre, from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear away, rip or snatch off, pull violently, tug”) (through Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*tiran)), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, tear apart”). Alternatively Late Latin *martyrāre, possibly with influence from Latin trahō. Compare French tirer, Italian tirare.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tiˈɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, past participle tirat)

1. to throw, cast
2. to shoot, fire

Etymology

From Esperanto tiri, French tirer, Italian tirare, Spanish tirar.

Verb

tirar (present tense tiras, past tense tiris, future tense tiros, imperative tirez, conditional tirus)

1. (transitive) to pull, draw, tug
2. (transitive, of chimneys) to draw

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tirar

		present		past		future
infinitive		tirar		tirir		tiror
tense		tiras		tiris		tiros
conditional		tirus
imperative		tirez
adjective active participle		tiranta		tirinta		tironta
adverbial active participle		tirante		tirinte		tironte
nominal active participle	singular	tiranto		tirinto		tironto
	plural	tiranti		tirinti		tironti
adjective passive participle		tirata		tirita		tirota
adverbial passive participle		tirate		tirite		tirote
nominal passive participle	singular	tirato		tirito		tiroto
	plural	tirati		tiriti		tiroti

Verb

tirar

1. Apocopic form of tirare

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tirar, from Medieval Latin, from Vulgar Latin *tirō, tirāre, of unknown or uncertain etymology. Possibly from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*tiran), from Proto-Germanic *teraną or alternatively Late Latin *martyrāre, possibly with influence from Latin trahō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present indicative tiro, past participle tirado)

1. to take, take out, take away
2. to remove, withdraw
3. (reflexive, São Paulo city, slang) to mock; ridicule

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Vulgar Latin *tirō, tirāre, of unknown or uncertain etymology. Possibly from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*tiran), from Proto-Germanic *teraną or alternatively Late Latin *martyrāre, possibly with influence from Latin trahō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈɾar/, [t̪iˈɾar]

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tiré, past participle tirado)

1. (transitive) to throw

   Synonyms: lanzar, arrojar, botar

2. (transitive) to throw out

   Synonym: echar

3. (transitive) to shoot; to launch
4. (transitive) to take (a photograph)

   Synonyms: hacer, tomar

5. (transitive) to print

   Synonym: imprimir

6. (transitive) to knock over; to knock down
7. (transitive, intransitive) to roll (dice)
8. (Spain, vulgar, prepositional, takes a reflexive pronoun) to fuck
9. (intransitive) to pull, to drag
10. (intransitive) to shoot

    Synonym: disparar

11. (intransitive) to manage; to get by

    Tiramos. Es difícil, pero tiramos. ― We get by. It's hard, but we get by.

12. (intransitive) to attract, to appeal to

    Synonym: atraer

13. (intransitive) to be somewhat

    tira a lastima ― it is a bit sad

14. (reflexive) to throw oneself
15. (reflexive, colloquial) to spend time, hang out

Further reading

• “tirar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Vulgar Latin *tirō, tirāre, possibly of Germanic origin. Compare Italian tirare.

Verb

tirar

1. (transitive) to pull
2. (transitive) to blow (of the wind)