tirar los tejos

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to throw the tiles”.

Verb

tirar los tejos (first-person singular present tiro los tejos, first-person singular preterite tiré los tejos, past participle tirado los tejos)

1. (idiomatic) to flirt with someone, to hit on someone

   Esta fiesta está llena de hombres guapos pero ninguno me ha tirado los tejos.

   This party is full of handsome men, but none of them has hit on me.

Conjugation

• see tirar

Further reading

• “tirar los tejos”, 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