tirar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to throw, to toss
- (transitive) to throw out, to toss, to dump
- (transitive) to shoot; to launch
- (transitive) to take (a photograph)
- (transitive) to print
- (transitive) to skip e.g. a rock or stone
- (transitive) to knock over; to knock down
- (transitive) to roll (dice)
- (pronominal) to fuck
- (intransitive) to pull, to tug
- (intransitive) to shoot
- (intransitive) to manage; to get by
- (intransitive) to attract, to appeal to
- (intransitive) to be somewhat
- (reflexive) to throw oneself
- (reflexive) to spend time, hang out
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tirāre, *tirō, *tiro derived from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (remove, tear away) derived from Proto-Germanic *teraną (tear, tear apart, tear away, tug, rip snatch off, pull violently, rip, pull off) derived from Latin *martyrāre.
Origin
Latin
*martyrāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betear English
- fortear English
- microtear English
- midtier English
- multitier English
- retear English
- retier English
- tear English
- tear-mouth English
- tear-throat English
- tearable English
- tearabout English
- tearaway English
- teardown English
- teardrop English
- tearer English
- tearest English
- teareth English
- tearful English
- tearjerker English
- tearjerking English
- tearless English
- tearlike English
- tearpit English
- tearproof English
- tearsheet English
- tearsome English
- tearstain English
- tearstained English
- tearstreaked English
- tearstrip English
- tearthumb English
- teary English
- tie English
- tier English
- tierable English
- totear English
- uptear English
- *martyrāre Latin
- *tīrō Latin
- tirāre, *tirō, *tiro Latin
- trahō Latin
- tīrāre, *tīrō, *tiro Latin
- ritirare Italian
- tirare Italian
- retirer French
- canto Spanish, Castilian
- china Spanish, Castilian
- chino Spanish, Castilian
- cuello Spanish, Castilian
- estiramiento Spanish, Castilian
- estirar Spanish, Castilian
- flecha Spanish, Castilian
- goma Spanish, Castilian
- hoja Spanish, Castilian
- línea Spanish, Castilian
- piedra Spanish, Castilian
- retirar Spanish, Castilian
- tiracantos Spanish, Castilian
- tirachinas Spanish, Castilian
- tirachinos Spanish, Castilian
- tiracuello Spanish, Castilian
- tirada Spanish, Castilian
- tiradero Spanish, Castilian
- tiraflechas Spanish, Castilian
- tiragomas Spanish, Castilian
- tirahojas Spanish, Castilian
- tiralíneas Spanish, Castilian
- tirapiedras Spanish, Castilian
- tiro Spanish, Castilian
- tironear Spanish, Castilian
- tirón Spanish, Castilian
- *der- Proto-Indo-European
- *derə- Proto-Indo-European
- *tregʰ, *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- atirador Portuguese
- atirar Portuguese
- esticar Portuguese
- *tartaz Proto-Germanic
- *teraną Proto-Germanic
- teran Old English
- teren Middle English
- atirer Old French
- tirer Old French
- tirar Catalan, Valencian
- इस्त्री Hindi
- tira Cebuano
- tira hago Cebuano
- tirador Cebuano
- tiraha Cebuano
- tirahi Cebuano
- zeran Old High German
- tira Tagalog
- tirador Tagalog
- *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- tirar Old Portuguese
- ইস্ত্ৰি Assamese
- teran Old Saxon
- tirar Asturian
- tirâ Friulian
- tera Old Frisian
- tirari Sicilian
- tirar Venetian
- tira Papiamentu
- *tīr Parthian