tirou
Portuguese, verb/t͡ʃiˈɾo(w)/
tirou is spelled T-I-R-O-U (5 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tirou is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular preterite indicative of tirar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo tirar”.
What does tirou mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of tirar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito 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.
How do you pronounce tirou?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈɾo(w)/
- Brazil [t͡ʃiˈɾo(ʊ̯)]
- Portugal /tiˈɾo(w)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tirou in Portuguese?
tirou appears 39 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).