tiró

tiró

1. third-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of tirar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [tiˈɾo]

Learned borrowing from Latin tīrō (“apprentice, novice”)

tiró m (plural tirons)

1. tyro, novice, apprentice

   Synonym: aprenent

From tira +‎ -ó.

tiró m (plural tirons)

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Of expressive origin. Perhaps influenced by tirar.

tiró m (plural tirons)

1. (in the plural) cry for calling domestic fowl, especially ducks
2. duck

   Synonym: ànec

• “tiró”, 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
• “tiró” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

tiró

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of tirar