tiroteio
Meaning
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- (masculine) shooting, shootout
- (masculine) gunfire (sound of shots)
- (figuratively,masculine) debate; argument
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ti‧ro‧tei‧o
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃi.ɾoˈtej.u/
Etymology
Either deverbal from tirotear or from Spanish tiroteo; otherwise directly from tiro. Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.
New
tirotear
to shoot
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