# tiro
## English
### Noun

tiro (plural tiros or tiroes)
* Alternative spelling of tyro; a newly recruited soldier.

### Anagrams

* Tori, Troi, riot, roti, tori, trio

## Asturian
### Verb

tiro
* first-person singular present indicative of tirar

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tiro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiɾo/ [t̪i.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -iɾo
* Hyphenation: ti‧ro

### Noun

tiro inan
* shot

#### Derived terms

* tiro egin (“to shoot”)
* tiro eman (“to shoot”)
* tiro-hots
* tirogai (“ammunition”)
* tirogile (“shooter”)
* tiroka (“shooting”)
* tirokatu (“to shoot”)
* tiroketa (“shooting”)
* tiroz (“shooting”)

### Further reading

* “tiro”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “tiro”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈti.ɾu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈti.ɾo]

### Verb

tiro
* first-person singular present indicative of tirar

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish tiro, from tirar (“shoot, throw”), possibly 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

tiro
* (dated) to shoot (fire a weapon)
* (dated) to shoot a goal

#### Synonyms

* tira

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Attested since 1370; back-formation from tirar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtiɾo̝/

#### Noun

tiro m (plural tiros)
* shot, throw, cast
** 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 506:Et, sen falla, Paris fezo esta uez moy bõ tiro et moy grã sua prol et de seus amigos, ca nũca seus ẽemigos rreçeberõ tã grã dãno, nẽ tomarõ tã grã perda cõmo esta.And, no doubt, Paris did this time a great shot and very beneficial for him and his friends, because never had their enemies received such a large damage nor had they took such a great loss as this one
** 1470, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 362:tódolos outros diseron juntamente que esteueram no arroydo e que uiran matar ao irmao de Gonçaluo Roíz e seu cunhado e outros pyós e que uiram tyrar a Fernán de Sam Payo, e dyserom que ele fezera muytas fyrydas e matara ó dito Gonçaluo Roz, e que ouuera muitos dynheyros dos ditos fynados, e mais diseron que se gauaba que de XX tyros que tyrara que todos empregara, saluo dousall the rest said altogether that they were at the riot and that they saw how Gonzalvo Rois' brother, and his brother-in-law, and other pawns, were killed; and that they saw Fernán de Sampaio shooting; and they said that he caused many wounds and that he killed the aforementioned Gonzalvo Rois, and that he took many moneys from the dead; and they added that he was boasting that of twenty shots he had shoot, all but two were put to good use
* gunshot
* shooting
* flue of a chimney
* ascending current of air of a chimney which evacuates the smoke caused by combustion

##### Related terms

* tirada
* tirar

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tyros”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tiro
* first-person singular present indicative of tirar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti.ro/
* Rhymes: -iro
* Hyphenation: tì‧ro

### Etymology 1

From tirare (“to pull”).

#### Noun

tiro m (plural tiri)
* pull, tug, draught/draft
* throw, cast
    Synonym: lancio
* (sports) shooting
* (sports) shot, throw
    Synonyms: colpo, sparo, portata
* shot, shooting, firing, range, reach (of weapons)
    Synonym: fuoco
* (military) fire
    Synonym: scherzo
* trick, turn
    Synonym: boccata
* puff (of a cigarette)
    Synonym: sniffata
* sniff (of a drug)

##### Derived terms

* alzare il tiro
* cavallo da tiro
* correggere il tiro
* in tiro
* tirare
* tirata
* tiratore
* tiratura
* tiremmolla
* tiretto
* tiro a segno
* tiro a volo
* tiro al piattello
* tiro con l'arco
* tiro mancino

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tiro
* first-person singular present indicative of tirare

### Further reading

* tiro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* tiro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* tiro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* tiro in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

### Anagrams

* irto, orti, otri, rito, roti, tori, trio

## Latin
### Etymology

From Etruscan per Ostler 2007.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈtiː.roː/, [ˈt̪iːroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈti.ro/, [ˈt̪iːro]
* Homophone: Tīrō

### Noun

tīrō m (genitive tīrōnis); third declension
* (Roman military) recruit
* apprentice (one that is young in age)
* beginner, novice, tyro, neophyte, freshman, greenhorn

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* Tīrō
* tīrōcinium
** tīrōcinō (Medieval Latin)
* tīrōnātus (Late Latin)
* tīrōneus
* tīrōnicum
* tīrunculus

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: tiró (learned)
* → Italian: tirone (learned)

### References

* ↑ Ostler, Nicholas (2007) Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin, page 39

### Further reading

* “tiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “tiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* tiro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* tiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to be an inexperienced speaker: rudem, tironem ac rudem (opp. exercitatum) esse in dicendo recruits: tirones
* “tiro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “tiro”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian and Malay tinjau.

### Verb

tiro
* to observe
* to inspect

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.ɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈti.ɾu/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˈti.ɾu/
* Homophone: Tiro
* Hyphenation: ti‧ro

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from tirar (“to remove”).

#### Noun

tiro m (plural tiros)
* the act of shooting
    Synonym: disparo
* a fired shot
    Holonyms: fogo, rajada
* shooting firearms as a sport
    Synonym: tiro ao alvo
* (sports, figurative) a very strong kick, throw or hit
* (South Brazil) the act of throwing bolas or a lasso towards an animal
* (soccer) free kick (kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference)

##### Derived terms

* atirador
* atirar
* dar um tiro
* o tiro sair pela culatra
* tiro de misericórdia
* tiro de partida
* tiro direto
* tiro em primeira pessoa
* tiro indireto
* tiro livre
* tiro-de-guerra
* tiro-e-queda

##### Related terms

* tirar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tiro
* first-person singular present indicative of tirar

### Further reading

* “tiro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “tiro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “tiro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “tiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “tiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “tiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtiɾo/ [ˈt̪i.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -iɾo
* Syllabification: ti‧ro

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from tirar (“to throw”).

#### Noun

tiro m (plural tiros)
* throw (the act of throwing something)
    Synonym: lanzamiento
* shot; gunshot (the result of launching a projectile or bullet)
    Synonyms: disparo, descarga
    Hyponyms: balazo, pistoletazo
* range (the distance from a person or sensor to an object)
    Synonym: alcance
    a tiro ― in range
* (sports) shooting (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon)
    tiro con arco ― archery
* (sports) shot (the act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal)
    Synonyms: disparo, lanzamiento, plano
* team (a set of draught animals)
* intake of air in a space
* inseam (the seam of a trouser up the inside of the leg)
* fix (dose of a drug)

##### Derived terms

* a tiro
* a tiros largos
* al tiro
* ángulo de tiro
* caballo de tiro (“draft horse, draught horse, plow horse”)
* campo de tiro
* como un tiro
* de a tiro
* de al tiro
* de tiros largos
* dirección de tiro
* galería de tiro
* matar dos pájaros de un tiro
* ni a tiros
* no van por ahí los tiros
* polígono de tiro
* salir el tiro por la culata
* ser un tiro
* tiro al blanco
* tiro al plato
* tiro con arco
* tiro de esquina
* tiro de gracia
* tiro de pichón
* tiro libre
* tiroteo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tiro
* first-person singular present indicative of tirar

### Further reading

* “tiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈti.ɾo]

### Noun

tiro
* the vagina

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tī.ɾō/

### Verb

tiro
* (intransitive) to limp on one leg

#### Derived terms

* atiro (“a person who limps”)