tiroteio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾoˈtej.u/ [t͡ʃi.ɾoˈteɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾoˈtej.u/ [t͡ʃi.ɾoˈteɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ɾoˈtej.o/ [t͡ʃi.ɾoˈteɪ̯.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈtɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈtɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈtej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈtej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾuˈte.u/

• Rhymes: -ej.u, -ɐj.u
• Hyphenation: ti‧ro‧tei‧o

Etymology 1

Either deverbal from tirotear or from Spanish tiroteo; otherwise directly from tiro. Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

Noun

tiroteio m (plural tiroteios)

1. shooting, shootout

   Synonym: troca de tiros

2. gunfire (sound of shots)
3. (figuratively) debate; argument

Derived terms

• cego em tiroteio

 

Etymology 2

Verb

tiroteio

1. first-person singular present indicative of tirotear

References

• “tiroteio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tiroteio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024