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yira

Spanish, noun

yira is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “harlot; prostitute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of yirar. With an accent, yirá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of yirar”.

What does yira mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Latin-Americacolloquialderogatoryfeminineharlot; prostitute

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as yirá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of yirar

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

Forms of yira

  • yiras plural

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

English words that translate to yira

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

How common is yira in Spanish?

yira appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).