tiro
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃi.ɾu/
tiro is spelled T-I-R-O (4 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act of shooting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tirar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de disparar uma arma de fogo”.
What does tiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of shooting
- 2
masculinea fired shot
- 3
masculineshooting firearms as a sport
- 4
masculinea very strong kick, throw or hit
- 5
masculinethe act of throwing bolas or a lasso towards an animal
- 6
masculinefree kick (kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tirar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de disparar uma arma de fogo 2. explosão 3. disparo 4. estampido
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do presente do indicativo 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 tiro
- tiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiro?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾu/
- Portugal /ˈti.ɾu/
- /ˈti.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tiro in Portuguese?
tiro appears 66 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).