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tirón de orejas

Spanish, noun

tirón de orejas is spelled T-I-R-Ó-N-D-E-O-R-E-J-A-S (13 letters). Tirón de orejas is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “earful; telling-off (reprimand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tirón de orejas mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineearful; telling-off (reprimand)

  2. 2

    masculineear-pull (the act of pulling someone's ears, often as a way of wishing someone happy birthday in some Spanish-speaking countries (rather like a birthday bump in some English-speaking regions))

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

Forms of tirón de orejas

  • tirones de orejas plural

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

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