Polyglot Dictionary

tiroteo

/tiɾoˈteo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los tiroteos

Meaning

  1. shooting

    • Hubo un tiroteo.

      There was a shooting.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

disparo

Worth distinguishing — disparo is a single shot; tiroteo implies a shootout with multiple shots.

Similar in other languages

English

shot in the dark

Close — a shooting relates to "a shot in the dark."

Practice

1 What does tiroteo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tiroteo?

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