tiraflechas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to throw, to shoot”) +‎ flechas (“arrows”).

Noun

tiraflechas m (plural tiraflechas)

1. (Cuba) slingshot
2. (Cuba, derogatory) Latin American of indigenous ancestry
3. (Spain, derogatory) South American

Further reading

• “tiraflechas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10