tira
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/
tira is spelled T-I-R-A (4 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,924th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “strip (long, thin piece of a bigger item)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tirar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “retalho ou pedaço de pano, papel ou outro material, mais comprido que largo”.
What does tira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestrip (long, thin piece of a bigger item)
- 2
femininecomic strip (a series of drawings)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineslangcop; police officer
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. retalho ou pedaço de pano, papel ou outro material, mais comprido que largo 2. segmento de história em quadrinhos (ou uma pequena história), originalmente publicado em jornais impressos
noun: 1. policial
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo tirar 2. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo tirar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tira
- tiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tira?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈti.ɾɐ/
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾa/ (Região Sul)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tira in Portuguese?
tira appears 49 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).