Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#TIRARCategory:Asturian terms derived from Vulgar Latin#TIRAR *tīrāre.

Verb

tirar (first-person singular indicative present tiro, past participle tiráu)Category:Asturian lemmas#TIRARCategory:Asturian verbs#TIRARCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRAR

1. to throw (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Asturian entries#TIRAR

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#TIRARCategory:Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#TIRAR *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tiˈɾa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#TIRAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tiˈɾaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#TIRAR

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)#TIRARCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/2 syllables#TIRAR

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tirí, past participle tirat)Category:Catalan lemmas#TIRARCategory:Catalan verbs#TIRARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#TIRARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#TIRAR) to throw, cast
2. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#TIRAR) to shoot, fire

   tirar una foto ― to take a photographCategory:Catalan terms with collocations#TIRAR

3. (intransitiveCategory:Catalan intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to take or go in a certain direction

   Tireu sempre amunt, i arribareu a la masia. ― Keep going up and you will reach the farmhouse.Category:Catalan terms with usage examples#TIRAR

4. (intransitiveCategory:Catalan intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to let a fluid pass through, a liquid or gas

   La xemeneia tira bé. ― The chimney works fine.Category:Catalan terms with usage examples#TIRAR

5. (intransitiveCategory:Catalan intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to have similarity or tendency to be alike

   Aquest vi tira a agre. ― This wine tastes like vinegar.Category:Catalan terms with usage examples#TIRAR

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tirar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “tirar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tirar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “tirar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#TIRARCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#TIRAR tirar, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#TIRARCategory:Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin#TIRAR *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#TIRAR

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tirei, past participle tirado)Category:Galician lemmas#TIRARCategory:Galician verbs#TIRARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#TIRARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Galician intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to discard; to destroy [with con]

   Vou tirar coa parede antes que caia en ninguén. ― I'm going to throw down the wall before it collapses over someone.Category:Galician terms with usage examples#TIRAR

2. (followed by para) to tend to, to go in a given direction

   Tira pra casa! ― Go home!Category:Galician terms with usage examples#TIRAR

   A acha tira para a racha (proverb, circa 1560) ― The apple does not fall far from the tree (literally, “The splinter tends to the billet”)Category:Galician terms with usage examples#TIRAR

3. to remove; to take off; to sack
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 886:

     quando a meterõ ena vila, nõ pode caber pela porta, et ouuerõ a tirar as portas et a enãchar a entrada

     when they took it to the town, it couldn't pass through the gate, and they had to remove the doors and widen the entrance

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#TIRAR

   • 1344, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 536:

     Et sse o non quisseren correger nen emendar ssegundo dito he, que os ditos jurados, ou a mayor parte delles, et os procuradores que agora sson ou enton fforen que posan tirar a alcalldia a esses alcaides, ou alcayde, que erraren segundo dito he. Et desque os tiraren da alcalldia, por carta ou por Conçello, que daly adeante que non ayan poder de hussar della.

     And if they don't want to correct nor amend as it has been said, that the mentioned councilmen, or most of them, and the council agents that now are or then could be, that they can remove the mayorship from this mayors or mayor, that wronged according to what has been said. And as soon as they are sacked from the mayorship, either by charter or by Council, that from that moment they could not be able to use it

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#TIRAR

   Synonyms: quitar, sacar

4. to take away
   • 1323, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 254:

     mando quinentos mrs. pera tirar don Gómes Gonçalves donde ias pera o meter na Iglesia

     I bestow five hundred moravedis for taking Don Gómez González from where he is lying for putting him inside the church

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#TIRAR

   • 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria., Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 117:

     Et alguus seus ynjmjgos por zelo de envidia diserõ a el rrey que el que queria traer o rreyno de Galiza, et o queria tirar a el rrey et darllo aos Jngreses et normanos, seus ynimjgos

     And some of his enemies, because of jealously caused by envy, told the king that he wanted to surrender the kingdom of Galicia, and that he wanted to take it away from the king and hand it to the Englishmen and the Normans, his enemies

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#TIRAR

   Synonym: levar

5. to extract, pull out
   • 1335, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 141:

     Eu Affonso Sanches notario de Santiago jurado esta nota fiz sacar et tirar da nota feyta per Aluar Eanes, notario

     I, Afonso Sánchez, sworn notary of Santiago, made this note copy and extract from the note made by Álvaro Eanes, notary

   Synonym: sacar

6. to get away; to go away

   Tira pr'alí! ― Go away!Category:Galician terms with usage examples#TIRAR

   Synonyms: afastar, marchar, quitar, sacar

7. to pull, draw

   Synonym: puxar

8. (figurative) to look alike

   A acha tira para a racha (proverb) ― chip off the old block (literally, “the splinter tends to the chip”)Category:Galician terms with usage examples#TIRAR

   Synonym: imitar

9. to throw, cast

   Synonyms: botar, chimpar, guindar

10. to throw down

    Synonym: derrubar

11. to shoot
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 384:

      eu uos mostrarey cõmo sey tirar de arquo

      I'll show you how I know to shoot from a bow

      Category:Galician terms with quotations#TIRAR

      Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

    Synonym: disparar

Etymology

Borrowed from EsperantoCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Esperanto#TIRARCategory:Ido terms derived from Esperanto#TIRAR tiri, FrenchCategory:Ido terms borrowed from French#TIRARCategory:Ido terms derived from French#TIRAR tirer, ItalianCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Italian#TIRARCategory:Ido terms derived from Italian#TIRAR tirare, SpanishCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Spanish#TIRARCategory:Ido terms derived from Spanish#TIRAR tirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈrar/Category:Ido terms with IPA pronunciation#TIRAR

Verb

tirar (present tense tiras, past tense tiris, future tense tiros, imperative tirez, conditional tirus)Category:Ido lemmas#TIRARCategory:Ido verbs#TIRARCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Ido transitive verbs#TIRAR) to pull, draw, tug
2. (transitiveCategory:Ido transitive verbs#TIRAR, of chimneys) to draw

Conjugation

Conjugation of tirar

		present		past		future
infinitive		tirar		tirir		tiror
tense		tiras		tiris		tiros
conditional		tirus		—		—
imperative		tirez		—		—
adjective active participle		tiranta		tirinta		tironta
adverbial active participle		tirante		tirinte		tironte
nominal active participle	singular	tiranto		tirinto		tironto
	plural	tiranti		tirinti		tironti
adjective passive participle		tirata		tirita		tirota
adverbial passive participle		tirate		tirite		tirote
nominal passive participle	singular	tirato		tirito		tiroto
	plural	tirati		tiriti		tiroti

Further reading

• tirar in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈrar/Category:Italian 2-syllable words#TIRARCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#TIRAR
• Rhymes: -arCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ar#TIRARCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ar/2 syllables#TIRAR
• Hyphenation: ti‧ràr

Verb

tirar (apocopated)Category:Italian non-lemma forms#TIRARCategory:Italian verb forms#TIRARCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRAR

1. apocopic form of tirareCategory:Italian apocopic forms#TIRAR

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Occitan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#TIRARCategory:Occitan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#TIRAR *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

tirarCategory:Occitan lemmas#TIRARCategory:Occitan verbs#TIRARCategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRARCategory:Occitan first group verbs#TIRAR (LanguedocCategory:Languedocien#TIRAR)

1. to take, retrieve

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 666

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#TIRARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#TIRAR tirar, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#TIRARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#TIRAR *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: ti‧rar

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tirei, past participle tirado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#TIRARCategory:Portuguese verbs#TIRARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#TIRARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#TIRAR) to take, take out, take away

   Precisamos (de) tirar isso da cozinha.

   We need to take that out of the kitchen.

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#TIRAR

   Não lhe tire isso; é a única coisa que ela tem.

   Don't take that away from her; it's the only thing she has.

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#TIRAR

   Tire-me daqui! ― Get me out of here!Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#TIRAR

2. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#TIRAR) to remove, withdraw

   As vassouras servem para tirar o lixo do chão.

   Brooms are used to remove dirt from the floor.

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#TIRAR

3. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#TIRAR) to get, obtain (a score or document)

   Tirei nota máxima no exame! ― I got the highest score on the exam!Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#TIRAR

   Quando é que tiras a carta? ― When are you going to get your driving license?Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#TIRAR

4. (reflexiveCategory:Portuguese reflexive verbs#TIRAR, BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#TIRAR, colloquialCategory:Portuguese colloquialisms#TIRAR) to mock; ridicule

   Está me tirando?

   Are you mocking me?

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#TIRAR

Further reading

• “tirar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tirar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “tirar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tirar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tirar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#TIRARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#TIRAR *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/ [t̪iˈɾaɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#TIRARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#TIRAR

• Audio:

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#TIRAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#TIRARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#TIRAR
• Syllabification: ti‧rar

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tiré, past participle tirado)Category:Spanish lemmas#TIRARCategory:Spanish verbs#TIRARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#TIRARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#TIRAR) to throw, to toss

   Synonyms: lanzar, arrojar, botar

2. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#TIRAR) to throw out, to toss, to dump

   Synonyms: echar, (Latin America) botar

3. (ambitransitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#TIRARCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to shoot; to launch

   Synonym: disparar

4. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#TIRAR) to take (a photograph)

   Synonyms: hacer, tomar

5. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#TIRAR) to print

   Synonym: imprimir

6. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#TIRAR) to skip (e.g. a rock or stone)
7. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#TIRAR) to knock over; to knock down

   Synonym: derribar

8. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#TIRAR, intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to roll (dice)
9. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to go somewhere, head somewhere

   la cabra siempre tira al monte ― a leopard can't change his spots Literally, “The goat always goes to the mountain”Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR.

   ¡Tira para allá!

   Go away!

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR

   Tira para la derecha.

   Go right.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR

10. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#TIRAR, with de) to pull, to tug

    Synonym: jalar

    tirar del pelo de alguien ― to pull someone's hairCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR

11. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to manage; to get by

    Tiramos. Es difícil, pero tiramos.

    We get by. It's hard, but we get by.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR

12. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#TIRAR) to attract, to appeal to

    Synonym: atraer

13. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#TIRAR) lean towards (being)

    El precio tira para/a (unos/los) veinte euros.

    The price is roughly/around/close to twenty euros.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR

    Eso tira a preocupante más que a gracioso.

    That (honestly) looks more worrying than funny.

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR

14. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#TIRAR) to throw oneself, jump/dive [with de ‘out of/off something’ and a ‘to/into/onto/in/on something’]

    tirarse al agua/a la piscina ― jump in the water/in the poolCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR

    Si todos tus amigos se tiraran de un puente, ¿lo harías tú también?

    If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?

    Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#TIRAR

15. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#TIRAR, colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#TIRAR) to spend time, hang out
16. (pronominal, vulgarCategory:Spanish vulgarities#TIRAR, SpainCategory:Peninsular Spanish#TIRAR) to fuck

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

Further reading

• “tirar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “tirar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “tirar”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Venetan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#TIRARCategory:Venetan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#TIRAR *tīrāre.

Verb

tirarCategory:Venetan lemmas#TIRARCategory:Venetan verbs#TIRARCategory:Venetan entries with incorrect language header#TIRARCategory:Pages with entries#TIRARCategory:Pages with 9 entries#TIRAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Venetan transitive verbs#TIRAR) to pull
2. (transitiveCategory:Venetan transitive verbs#TIRAR) to blow (of the wind)