tira
Spanish, noun
tira is spelled T-I-R-A (4 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,683rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tira is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tie, ribbon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tirar. With an accent, tirá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of tirar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Faja o banda delgada, larga y estrecha, usualmente de un material ligero como tela o papel”.
What does tira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetie, ribbon
- 2
femininestrip
- 3
femininestrip
- 4
colloquialfeminineages; yonks
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculineslangcop
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of tirar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faja o banda delgada, larga y estrecha, usualmente de un material ligero como tela o papel. 2. Telenovela que se emite diariamente. 3. Programa deportivo de radio que se emite diariamente.
noun: 1. En general, agente de la policía u otra fuerza de seguridad. 2. Funcionario de la policía civil de investigaciones.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tira
- tiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tira in Spanish?
tira appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).