tira

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tira"

Asturian

Verb

tira

1. inflection of tirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈti.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈti.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from tirar.

Noun

tira f (plural tires)

1. strip
2. (colloquial) ages, yonks
   • 1994, Isabel-Clara Simó, Raquel, 22nd edition, Bromera, published 2004, →ISBN, page 55:

     Ara fa la tira de temps que no faig la gimnàstica en llevar-me […] .

     It's been ages now that I haven't done gimnastics after waking up […] .

Derived terms

• tira-tira
• tirella
• tireta
• tiró
• tiroia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tira

1. inflection of tirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tira” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tira” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tira”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tira” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

1. to shoot, fire a weapon
2. to shoot a goal
3. to inject or inhale drug
4. to fuck

Synonyms

• tiro

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ʁa/

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Verb

tira

1. third-person singular past historic of tirer

Anagrams

• tari, tria