tirar

From Vulgar Latin *tirāre, of uncertain origin. Compare Spanish tirar.

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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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tirāre, of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tiˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [tiˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. (transitive) to throw, cast
2. (transitive) to shoot, fire

   tirar una foto ― to take a photograph

3. (intransitive) to take or go in a certain direction

   Tireu sempre amunt, i arribareu a la masia. ― Keep going up and you will reach the farmhouse.

4. (intransitive) to let a fluid pass through, a liquid or gas

   La xemeneia tira bé. ― The chimney works fine.

5. (intransitive) to have similarity or tendency to be alike

   Aquest vi tira a agre. ― This wine tastes like vinegar.

• tirabuixó

• “tirar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tirar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tirar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician-Portuguese tirar, from Vulgar Latin *tirō, tirāre, of unknown or uncertain etymology.

• IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/

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

1. (transitive with con) to discard; to destroy

   Vou tirar coa parede antes que caia en ninguén. ― I'm going to throw down the wall before it collapses over someone.

2. (followed by para) to tend to, to go in a given direction

   Tira pra casa! ― Go home!

   A acha tira para a racha (proverb, circa 1560) ― The apple does not fall far from the tree (literally, “The splinter tends to the billet”)

3. to remove; to take off; to sack
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 886:

     quando a meterõ ena vila, nõ pode caber pela porta, et ouuerõ a tirar as portas et a enãchar a entrada

     when they took it to the town, it couldn't pass through the gate, and they had to remove the doors and widen the entrance

   • 1344, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 536:

     Et sse o non quisseren correger nen emendar ssegundo dito he, que os ditos jurados, ou a mayor parte delles, et os procuradores que agora sson ou enton fforen que posan tirar a alcalldia a esses alcaides, ou alcayde, que erraren segundo dito he. Et desque os tiraren da alcalldia, por carta ou por Conçello, que daly adeante que non ayan poder de hussar della.

     And if they don't want to correct nor amend as it has been said, that the mentioned councilmen, or most of them, and the council agents that now are or then could be, that they can remove the mayorship from this mayors or mayor, that wronged according to what has been said. And as soon as they are sacked from the mayorship, either by charter or by Council, that from that moment they could not be able to use it

   Synonyms: quitar, sacar

4. to take away
   • 1323, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 254:

     mando quinentos mrs. pera tirar don Gómes Gonçalves donde ias pera o meter na Iglesia

     I bestow five hundred moravedis for taking Don Gómez González from where he is lying for putting him inside the church

   • 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria., Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 117:

     Et alguus seus ynjmjgos por zelo de envidia diserõ a el rrey que el que queria traer o rreyno de Galiza, et o queria tirar a el rrey et darllo aos Jngreses et normanos, seus ynimjgos

     And some of his enemies, because of jealously caused by envy, told the king that he wanted to surrender the kingdom of Galicia, and that he wanted to take it away from the king and hand it to the Englishmen and the Normans, his enemies

   Synonym: levar

5. to extract, pull out
   • 1335, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 141:

     Eu Affonso Sanches notario de Santiago jurado esta nota fiz sacar et tirar da nota feyta per Aluar Eanes, notario

     I, Afonso Sánchez, sworn notary of Santiago, made this note copy and extract from the note made by Álvaro Eanes, notary

   Synonym: sacar

6. to get away; to go away

   Tira pr'alí! ― Go away!

   Synonyms: afastar, marchar, quitar, sacar

7. to pull, draw

   Synonym: puxar

8. (figurative) to look alike

   A acha tira para a racha (proverb) ― chip off the old block (literally, “the splinter tends to the chip”)

   Synonym: imitar

9. to throw, cast

   Synonyms: botar, chimpar, guindar

10. to throw down

    Synonym: derrubar

11. to shoot
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 384:

      eu uos mostrarey cõmo sey tirar de arquo

      I'll show you how I know to shoot from a bow

    Synonym: disparar

• “tirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “tirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tirar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tirar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tirar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Esperanto tiri, French tirer, Italian tirare, Spanish tirar.

• IPA^(key): /tiˈrar/

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

• tirar in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

tirar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of tirare

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tirar (Languedoc)

1. to take, to retrieve

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 666.

From Old Galician-Portuguese tirar, from Vulgar Latin *tirāre, of unknown or uncertain etymology.

• Hyphenation: ti‧rar

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

1. (transitive) to take, take out, take away

   Precisamos (de) tirar isso da cozinha.

   We need to take that out of the kitchen.

   Não lhe tire isso; é a única coisa que ela tem.

   Don't take that away from her; it's the only thing she has.

   Me tira daqui! ― Get me out of here!

2. (transitive) to remove, withdraw

   As vassouras servem para tirar o lixo do chão.

   Brooms are used to remove dirt from the floor.

3. (transitive) to get, obtain (a score or document)

   Tirei nota máxima no exame! ― I got the highest score in the exame!

   Quando é que tiras a carta? ― When are you going to get your driving license?

4. (reflexive, Brazil, colloquial) to mock; ridicule

   Está me tirando?

   Are you mocking me?

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tirar.

• “tirar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “tirar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “tirar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tirar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “tirar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “tirar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre, 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. Cognate with English tier. Compare English tear.

• IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/ [t̪iˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧rar

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

1. (transitive) to throw, to toss

   Synonyms: lanzar, arrojar, botar

2. (transitive) to throw out, to toss, to dump

   Synonyms: echar, (Latin America) botar

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

   Synonyms: hacer, tomar

5. (transitive) to print

   Synonym: imprimir

6. (transitive) to skip (e.g. a rock or stone)
7. (transitive) to knock over; to knock down

   Synonym: derribar

8. (transitive, intransitive) to roll (dice)
9. (takes a reflexive pronoun, vulgar, Spain) to fuck

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

10. (intransitive) to move forward, to go

    la cabra siempre tira al monte ― the goat always goes to the mountain

11. (intransitive, with de) to pull, to tug

    Synonym: jalar

    tirar del pelo de alguien ― to pull someone's hair

12. (intransitive) to shoot (e.g., a ball)

    Synonym: disparar

13. (intransitive) to manage; to get by

    Tiramos. Es difícil, pero tiramos.

    We get by. It's hard, but we get by.

14. (intransitive) to attract, to appeal to

    Synonym: atraer

15. (intransitive) to be somewhat

    tira a lástima ― it is a bit sad

16. (reflexive) to throw oneself
17. (reflexive, colloquial) to spend time, hang out

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

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

tirar

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

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.