tironear
Portuguese, verb/t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(ʁ)/
tironear is spelled T-I-R-O-N-E-A-R (8 letters). Tironear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to yank (pull quickly and strongly, especially a horse's reins)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar tirões ou puxões pela rédea a (o cavalo), para que este obedeça”.
What does tironear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to yank (pull quickly and strongly, especially a horse's reins)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar tirões ou puxões pela rédea a (o cavalo), para que este obedeça
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 tironear
- tironeio first-person present singular
- tironeei first-person preterite singular
- tironeado participle past
- tironeares infinitive second-person singular
- tironearmos first-person infinitive plural
- tironeardes infinitive plural second-person
- tironearem infinitive plural third-person
- tironeando gerund
- tironeados masculine participle past
- tironeada feminine participle past
- tironeadas feminine participle past
- tironeias indicative present second-person
- tironeia indicative present singular
- tironeamos first-person indicative plural
- tironeais indicative plural present
- tironeiam indicative plural present
- tironeava first-person imperfect indicative
- tironeavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tironear?
- Brazil /t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(h)]
- /t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.