tirotear

Portuguese

Etymology

From tiro.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ti‧ro‧te‧ar

Verb

tirotear (first-person singular present tiroteio, first-person singular preterite tiroteei, past participle tiroteado)

1. to shoot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tirotear (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	tirotear
Personal	tirotear	tiroteares	tirotear	tirotearmos	tiroteardes	tirotearem
Gerund
	tiroteando
Past participle
Masculine	tiroteado			tiroteados
Feminine	tiroteada			tiroteadas
Indicative
Present	tiroteio	tiroteias	tiroteia	tiroteamos	tiroteais	tiroteiam
Imperfect	tiroteava	tiroteavas	tiroteava	tiroteávamos	tiroteáveis	tiroteavam
Preterite	tiroteei	tiroteaste	tiroteou	tiroteamos1, tiroteámos2	tiroteastes	tirotearam
Pluperfect	tiroteara	tirotearas	tiroteara	tiroteáramos	tiroteáreis	tirotearam
Future	tirotearei	tirotearás	tiroteará	tirotearemos	tiroteareis	tirotearão
Conditional	tirotearia	tirotearias	tirotearia	tirotearíamos	tirotearíeis	tiroteariam
Subjunctive
Present	tiroteie	tiroteies	tiroteie	tiroteemos	tiroteeis	tiroteiem
Imperfect	tiroteasse	tiroteasses	tiroteasse	tiroteássemos	tiroteásseis	tiroteassem
Future	tirotear	tiroteares	tirotear	tirotearmos	tiroteardes	tirotearem
Imperative
Affirmative		tiroteia	tiroteie	tiroteemos	tiroteai	tiroteiem
Negative (não)		não tiroteies	não tiroteie	não tiroteemos	não tiroteeis	não tiroteiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From tiro; compare English tirade and Portuguese tirotear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾoteˈaɾ/ [t̪i.ɾo.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧ro‧te‧ar

Verb

tirotear (first-person singular present tiroteo, first-person singular preterite tiroteé, past participle tiroteado)

1. to shoot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tirotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tirotear
gerund			tiroteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tiroteado		tiroteada
		plural		tiroteados		tiroteadas
		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	tiroteo	tiroteastú tiroteásvos	tirotea	tiroteamos	tiroteáis	tirotean
	imperfect	tiroteaba	tiroteabas	tiroteaba	tiroteábamos	tiroteabais	tiroteaban
	preterite	tiroteé	tiroteaste	tiroteó	tiroteamos	tiroteasteis	tirotearon
	future	tirotearé	tirotearás	tiroteará	tirotearemos	tirotearéis	tirotearán
	conditional	tirotearía	tirotearías	tirotearía	tirotearíamos	tirotearíais	tirotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tirotee	tiroteestú tiroteésvos2	tirotee	tiroteemos	tiroteéis	tiroteen
	imperfect (ra)	tiroteara	tirotearas	tiroteara	tiroteáramos	tirotearais	tirotearan
	imperfect (se)	tirotease	tiroteases	tirotease	tiroteásemos	tiroteaseis	tiroteasen
	future1	tiroteare	tiroteares	tiroteare	tiroteáremos	tiroteareis	tirotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tiroteatú tiroteávos	tirotee	tiroteemos	tirotead	tiroteen
	negative		no tirotees	no tirotee	no tiroteemos	no tiroteéis	no tiroteen

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

    Selected combined forms of tirotear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tirotear
	dative	tirotearme	tirotearte	tirotearle, tirotearse	tirotearnos	tirotearos	tirotearles, tirotearse
	accusative	tirotearme	tirotearte	tirotearlo, tirotearla, tirotearse	tirotearnos	tirotearos	tirotearlos, tirotearlas, tirotearse
with gerund tiroteando
	dative	tiroteándome	tiroteándote	tiroteándole, tiroteándose	tiroteándonos	tiroteándoos	tiroteándoles, tiroteándose
	accusative	tiroteándome	tiroteándote	tiroteándolo, tiroteándola, tiroteándose	tiroteándonos	tiroteándoos	tiroteándolos, tiroteándolas, tiroteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tirotea
	dative	tirotéame	tirotéate	tirotéale	tirotéanos	not used	tirotéales
	accusative	tirotéame	tirotéate	tirotéalo, tirotéala	tirotéanos	not used	tirotéalos, tirotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tiroteá
	dative	tiroteame	tiroteate	tiroteale	tiroteanos	not used	tiroteales
	accusative	tiroteame	tiroteate	tirotealo, tiroteala	tiroteanos	not used	tirotealos, tirotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tirotee
	dative	tirotéeme	not used	tirotéele, tirotéese	tirotéenos	not used	tirotéeles
	accusative	tirotéeme	not used	tirotéelo, tirotéela, tirotéese	tirotéenos	not used	tirotéelos, tirotéelas
with first-person plural imperative tiroteemos
	dative	not used	tiroteémoste	tiroteémosle	tiroteémonos	tiroteémoos	tiroteémosles
	accusative	not used	tiroteémoste	tiroteémoslo, tiroteémosla	tiroteémonos	tiroteémoos	tiroteémoslos, tiroteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tirotead
	dative	tiroteadme	not used	tiroteadle	tiroteadnos	tiroteaos	tiroteadles
	accusative	tiroteadme	not used	tiroteadlo, tiroteadla	tiroteadnos	tiroteaos	tiroteadlos, tiroteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tiroteen
	dative	tirotéenme	not used	tirotéenle	tirotéennos	not used	tirotéenles, tirotéense
	accusative	tirotéenme	not used	tirotéenlo, tirotéenla	tirotéennos	not used	tirotéenlos, tirotéenlas, tirotéense

Related terms

• tiroteo

 

Further reading

• “tirotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014