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tira
tira
Asturian
Verb
tira
Catalan
Verb
tira
- third-person singular present indicative form of tirar
- second-person singular imperative form of tirar
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish tirar (“shoot, throw”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear away, rip or snatch off, pull violently, tug”), from Proto-Indo-European *derə- (“to tear, tear apart”).
Verb
tira
Synonyms
Italian
Verb
tira
- third-person singular present indicative of tirare
- second-person singular present imperative of tirare
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
tirā
- second-person singular present active imperative of tirō
References
- TIRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Etymology
From tirar (“to remove”), from Old Portuguese tirar, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
tira f (plural tiras)
tira m f (plural tiras)
- (slang, law enforcement) cop; police officer
Synonyms
- (long, thin piece): faixa, filete, fita, segmento
- (comic strip): tirinha
- (cop): alemão (slang), guarda (informal, Brazil), policial
Related terms
Verb
tira
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of tirar
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of tirar