tironear
Spanish, verb/tiɾoneˈaɾ/
tironear is spelled T-I-R-O-N-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tironear is a Spanish verb meaning “to yank (pull quickly and strongly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar uno o varios tirones”.
What does tironear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to yank (pull quickly and strongly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar uno o varios tirones.
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 tironear
- tironeo first-person present singular
- tironeé first-person preterite singular
- tironeado participle past
- tironeando gerund
- tironeada feminine participle past
- tironeados masculine participle past
- tironeadas feminine participle past
- tironeas indicative informal present
- tironeás indicative informal present
- tironea indicative present singular
- tironeamos first-person indicative plural
- tironeáis indicative plural present
- tironean indicative plural present
- tironeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- tironeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- tironeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tironeabais imperfect indicative plural
- tironeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tironear?
- /tiɾoneˈaɾ/
- [t̪i.ɾo.neˈaɾ]
- [t̪iɾoneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tironear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tironear in Spanish?
tironear appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).