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Meaning of tiro | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
ˈtiɾo

Definitions

  1. shot, throw, cast
    masculine
  2. gunshot
    masculine
  3. shooting
    masculine
  4. flue of a chimney
    masculine
  5. ascending current of air of a chimney which evacuates the smoke caused by combustion
    masculine

Equivalents

Català canó fumeral
Čeština kouřovod sopouch
English Flue shot
Español húmero
Français Conduit flue flue
Magyar kürtő
Македонски вула

Examples

“Et, sen falla, Paris fezo esta uez moy bõ tiro et moy grã sua prol et de seus amigos, ca nũca seus ẽemigos rreçeberõ tã grã dãno, nẽ tomarõ tã grã perda cõmo esta.”

And, no doubt, Paris did this time a great shot and very beneficial for him and his friends, because never had their enemies received such a large damage nor had they took such a great loss as this one

“tódolos outros diseron juntamente que esteueram no arroydo e que uiran matar ao irmao de Gonçaluo Roíz e seu cunhado e outros pyós e que uiram tyrar a Fernán de Sam Payo, e dyserom que ele fezera muytas fyrydas e matara ó dito Gonçaluo Roz, e que ouuera muitos dynheyros dos ditos fynados, e mais diseron que se gauaba que de XX tyros que tyrara que todos empregara, saluo dous”

all the rest said altogether that they were at the riot and that they saw how Gonzalvo Rois' brother, and his brother-in-law, and other pawns, were killed; and that they saw Fernán de Sampaio shooting; and they said that he caused many wounds and that he killed the aforementioned Gonzalvo Rois, and that he took many moneys from the dead; and they added that he was boasting that of twenty shots he had shoot, all but two were put to good use

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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