comimos+la+tira

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Ex: Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.

* cortar en tiras = shred, cut up into + strips.

* desde hace la tira = for yonks.

* desde hace la tira (de tiempo) = for yonks and yonks.

* durante la tira de tiempo = for donkey's years.

* hace la tira (de tiempo) = yonks, yonks and yonks.

* la tira de = a whole slew of.

* la tira de tiempo = donkey's years.

* tira adhesiva = adhesive strip.

* tira adhesiva antirrobo = adhesive security strip.

* tira cómica = comic strip.

* tira de cuero = thong.

* tira de filminas = filmstrip [film-strip].

* tira de prueba = test strip.

* tira de trapo = cloth strip.

* tira magnética detectora = magnetic alarm strip.

* tiras cómicas = funnies.

* tira y afloja = tug of war.

Del verbo tirar: ( conjugate tirar)

tira es:



Multiple Entries:
tira    
tirar
tira sustantivo femenino (de papel, tela) strip;
( de zapato) strap;

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino




tirar ( conjugate tirar) verbo transitivo
1


tirale algo a algn ( para que lo agarre) to throw sb sth;

( con agresividad) to throw sth at sb



2



3

‹ cohete› to fire, launch;
‹ flecha› to shoot

4 (AmL) ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull;

verbo intransitivo
1 ( atrayendo hacia sí) to pull;
tira de algo to pull sth;

2



tira al arco (AmL) or (Esp) a puerta to shoot at goal

( en juegos de dados) to throw;
( en dardos) to throw;
( en bolos) to bowl
3


4

¿qué tal andas? — tirando how are things? — not too bad
5

ella tira más a la madre she takes after her mother more
tirarse verbo pronominal
1


tirase en paracaídas to parachute;

( en emergencia) to bale out;

tirase de cabeza to dive in, to jump in headfirst

2 (fam) ‹horas/días› to spend;

3 (fam) ( expulsar):

tira sustantivo femenino
1 (de tela, papel, adhesiva, etc) strip
2 (en periódico, revista) strip cartoon, comic strip
3 fam (gran cantidad) hace la tira que no le veo, I haven't seen him for ages
tirar
I verbo transitivo
1 (arrojar, echar) to throw: lo tiró al agua, he threw it into the water
no tires la cáscara al suelo, don't throw o drop the peel on the floor
(enérgicamente) to fling, hurl: lo tiró al fuego, she threw it on the fire
2 (deshacerse de) to throw out o away
tiré mis zapatos viejos, I threw my old shoes away
3 (malgastar) tiraste el dinero con esa joya falsa, you've wasted your money on that fake jewel
(despilfarrar) to squander
4 (hacer caer) to knock over: tiré el vaso, I knocked the glass over
5 (derribar a alguien) to knock o push over
tirar abajo (una pared, una puerta) to knock down
(demoler) to pull down
6 (una bomba) to drop
(un tiro, un cohete) to fire
7 (una foto) to take
8 Impr to print
II verbo intransitivo
1 (hacer fuerza hacia sí) to pull: no le tires del pelo, don't pull his hair
¡tira de la cuerda!, tug on the rope!
2 (disparar) to shoot
Dep to shoot
(dados, dardos) to throw
3 fam (gustar) le tira mucho el baloncesto, he's very keen on basketball
4 (tender) tira a azul, it's bluish
(parecerse) tira a su madre, she takes after her mother
5 fam (arreglárselas) ir tirando, to get by, manage
6 (ir) tira a la derecha, turn right
' tira' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bala
- basura
- chiste
- correa
- los
- tirar
- aprovechar
- comic
English:
band
- cartoon
- pull
- shred
- strip
- comic
- cop
- draw
- litter
- slat
- strip cartoon
- tug
Fam