tirón
Spanish, noun/tiˈɾon/
tirón is spelled T-I-R-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tirón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tug, pull, jerk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de tirar con violencia”.
What does tirón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetug, pull, jerk
Le dio un fuerte tirón de pelo.
- 2
masculinepull, strain (a violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)
- 3
masculineskill, string to one's bow
- 4
masculinepulling power
- 5
masculinesnatch, snatching (a quick violent robbery of a person by snatching their purse, usually in a public place)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de tirar con violencia. 2. Acción con que uno estira o arranca con fuerza una cosa. 3. Crecimiento en altura. 4. Magnitud vectorial que equivale a la derivada temporal de la aceleración.
noun: 1. Aprendiz, novicio.
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 tirón
- tirones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tirón?
- /tiˈɾon/
- [t̪iˈɾõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tirón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tirón in Spanish?
tirón appears 2.8 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).