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tiro

Spanish, noun

tiro is spelled T-I-R-O (4 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,079th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “throw (the act of throwing something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tirar. With an accent, tiró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of tirar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acto de efectuar un disparo, acción de tirar”.

What does tiro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethrow (the act of throwing something)

  2. 2

    masculineshot; gunshot (the result of launching a projectile or bullet)

  3. 3

    masculinerange (the distance from a person or sensor to an object)

    a tiro

  4. 4

    masculineshooting (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)

    tiro con arco

  5. 5

    masculineshot (the act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal)

  6. 6

    masculineteam (a set of draught animals)

  7. 7

    masculineintake of air in a space

  8. 8

    masculineinseam (the seam of a trouser up the inside of the leg)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of tirar

prefix

as tiro-
  1. 1

    thyro-

verb

as tiró
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of tirar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acto de efectuar un disparo, acción de tirar. 2. Resultado de tirar. 3. Disparo de un arma de fuego. 4. Herida o marca que deja un disparo.

noun: 1. Animal anfibio con patas y larga cola.

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 tiro

  • tiros plural
  • tirito diminutive

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to tiro

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tiro in Spanish?

tiro appears 42 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).

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