tironear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾo.neˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈnjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈnjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈnja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ti‧ro‧ne‧ar

Verb

tironear (first-person singular present tironeio, first-person singular preterite tironeei, past participle tironeado)

1. (dialectal, Rio Grande do Sul) to yank (pull quickly and strongly, especially a horse's reins)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tironear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tironear
Personal	tironear	tironeares	tironear	tironearmos	tironeardes	tironearem
Gerund
	tironeando
Past participle
Masculine	tironeado			tironeados
Feminine	tironeada			tironeadas
Indicative
Present	tironeio	tironeias	tironeia	tironeamos	tironeais	tironeiam
Imperfect	tironeava	tironeavas	tironeava	tironeávamos	tironeáveis	tironeavam
Preterite	tironeei	tironeaste	tironeou	tironeamos1, tironeámos2	tironeastes	tironearam
Pluperfect	tironeara	tironearas	tironeara	tironeáramos	tironeáreis	tironearam
Future	tironearei	tironearás	tironeará	tironearemos	tironeareis	tironearão
Conditional	tironearia	tironearias	tironearia	tironearíamos	tironearíeis	tironeariam
Subjunctive
Present	tironeie	tironeies	tironeie	tironeemos	tironeeis	tironeiem
Imperfect	tironeasse	tironeasses	tironeasse	tironeássemos	tironeásseis	tironeassem
Future	tironear	tironeares	tironear	tironearmos	tironeardes	tironearem
Imperative
Affirmative		tironeia	tironeie	tironeemos	tironeai	tironeiem
Negative (não)		não tironeies	não tironeie	não tironeemos	não tironeeis	não tironeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• tirar

Spanish

Etymology

From tirón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾoneˈaɾ/ [t̪i.ɾo.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧ro‧ne‧ar

Verb

tironear (first-person singular present tironeo, first-person singular preterite tironeé, past participle tironeado)

1. (transitive) to yank (pull quickly and strongly)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tironear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tironear
gerund			tironeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tironeado		tironeada
		plural		tironeados		tironeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tironeo	tironeastú tironeásvos	tironea	tironeamos	tironeáis	tironean
	imperfect	tironeaba	tironeabas	tironeaba	tironeábamos	tironeabais	tironeaban
	preterite	tironeé	tironeaste	tironeó	tironeamos	tironeasteis	tironearon
	future	tironearé	tironearás	tironeará	tironearemos	tironearéis	tironearán
	conditional	tironearía	tironearías	tironearía	tironearíamos	tironearíais	tironearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tironee	tironeestú tironeésvos2	tironee	tironeemos	tironeéis	tironeen
	imperfect (ra)	tironeara	tironearas	tironeara	tironeáramos	tironearais	tironearan
	imperfect (se)	tironease	tironeases	tironease	tironeásemos	tironeaseis	tironeasen
	future1	tironeare	tironeares	tironeare	tironeáremos	tironeareis	tironearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tironeatú tironeávos	tironee	tironeemos	tironead	tironeen
	negative		no tironees	no tironee	no tironeemos	no tironeéis	no tironeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• tirar
• tirón
• tironeo

 

Further reading

• “tironear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28