al tiro

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “at the shot”, which came to meant immediately in 19th Century Chile and spread from there.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al ˈtiɾo/ [al̪ ˈt̪i.ɾo]
  • Syllabification: al ti‧ro

Adverb

al tiro

  1. (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Rioplatense) straight away
    Synonyms: inmediatamente, enseguida, sin demora

References

  1. ^ Catalina Insausti Muñoz (2019), “"Altiro": un caso de gramaticalización en el español de Chile”, in Revista de Historia de la Lengua Española [Journal of Spanish Language History]‎[1] (in Spanish)

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