tirador
Catalan
Etymology
From tirar + -dor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ti.ɾəˈdo/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ti.ɾaˈdoɾ/
Noun
tirador m (plural tiradors, feminine tiradora)
- shooter
- (sports) fencer
- Synonym: esgrimidor
- (sports) striker, shooter
- Synonym: xutador
- slingshot (US), catapult (UK)
- handle, knob (of a door, drawer, etc.)
Derived terms
- franctirador
Further reading
- “tirador” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano
Etymology
tira + -dor
Noun
tirador
- a slingshot; a Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles
- (biblical) a sling; an instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other; a shepherd's sling
- a shooter; someone who shoots something, especially with a gun
- a hitman; a contract killer
- a gunman; a criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer
Verb
tirador
- to shoot something or someone with a slingshot or sling
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tirador.
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century. From tirar (“to shoot; to pull”) + -dor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiɾaˈðoɾ/
Noun
tirador m (plural tiradores)
- shooter
- c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 95:
- Sagitario que quer dizer tanto cõmo [aseetador] ou tirador de séétas
- Sagitario, which means "arrower" or arrow shooter
- Sagitario que quer dizer tanto cõmo [aseetador] ou tirador de séétas
- c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 95:
- door handle
- rafter
- Synonym: cango
- (archaic, business) tenderer
- slingshot
- Synonym: lanzapedras
Related terms
- tirar
References
- “tirador” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “tirador” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tirador” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tirador” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Noun
tirador m (plural tiradores, feminine tiradora, feminine plural tiradoras)
- shooter, rifleman
Derived terms
- francotirador
- tirador en primera persona
Related terms
- tirar
Noun
tirador m (plural tiradores)
- door handle
Further reading
- “tirador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tirador, or analytically tira + -dor.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧dor
- IPA(key): /tiɾaˈdoɾ/, [tɪ.ɾɐˈdoɾ]
Noun
tiradór
- slingshot
- Synonyms: saltik, (Batangas) paltik, (Marinduque) palapatik
- hitman; contract killer
- gunman; shooter
Derived terms
- manirador
- tiradurin
- tumirador