tirano

See also: Tirano

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tiˈrano]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧no

Noun

tirano (accusative singular tiranon, plural tiranoj, accusative plural tiranojn)

1. tyrant

Italian

Verb

tirano

1. third-person plural present indicative of tirare

Anagrams

• Taroni, onrati, oranti, ornati, ratino, ratinò, rinato, ritano, tarino, tornai, traino, trainò

Portuguese

Etymology

Via Old Galician-Portuguese tirano, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈɾɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈɾɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈɾa.nu/

• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧no

Noun

tirano m (plural tiranos, feminine tirana, feminine plural tiranas)

1. tyrant

Derived terms

• tirânico (“tyrannical”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈɾano/ [t̪iˈɾa.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ti‧ra‧no

Adjective

tirano (feminine tirana, masculine plural tiranos, feminine plural tiranas)

1. like a tyrant; tyrannous; tyrannical

Noun

tirano m (plural tiranos, feminine tirana, feminine plural tiranas)

1. tyrant

Derived terms

• tirano melancólico

 

Related terms

• tiranía
• tiránico
• tiranizar

 

Further reading

• “tirano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16