tirar
Portuguese, verb/t͡ʃiˈɾa(ʁ)/
tirar is spelled T-I-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 151 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 645th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take, take out, take away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr para fora; retirar facilmente, em geral com as mãos”.
What does tirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take, take out, take away
Precisamos (de) tirar isso da cozinha.
- 2
to remove, withdraw
As vassouras servem para tirar o lixo do chão.
- 3
to get, obtain (a score or document)
Tirei nota máxima no exame!
- 4
Brazilcolloquialto mock; ridicule
Está me tirando?
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr para fora; retirar facilmente, em geral com as mãos 2. subtrair 3. fazer 4. imprimir
verb: 1. infinitivo impessoal do verbo tirar 2. primeira e terceira pessoas do singular do infinitivo pessoal do verbo tirar 3. primeira e terceira pessoas do singular do futuro do subjuntivo 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 tirar
- tiro first-person present singular
- tirei first-person preterite singular
- tirado participle past
- tirares infinitive second-person singular
- tirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- tirardes infinitive plural second-person
- tirarem infinitive plural third-person
- tirando gerund
- tirados masculine participle past
- tirada feminine participle past
- tiradas feminine participle past
- tiras indicative present second-person
- tira indicative present singular
- tiramos first-person indicative plural
- tirais indicative plural present
- tiram indicative plural present
- tirava first-person imperfect indicative
- tiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tirar?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [t͡ʃiˈɾa(h)]
- /t͡ʃiˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tirar in Portuguese?
tirar appears 151 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).