tirón
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See also: tiron
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
tirón m (plural tirones)
- tug, pull, jerk
- pull, strain (a violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles)
- skill, string to one's bow
- pulling power
- snatch, snatching (a quick violent robbery of a person by snatching their purse, usually in a public place)
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Further reading[edit]
- “tirón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014