tirada

print run

noun tee-RAH-dah Rare

Also means

stretch

Usage Note

Tirada primarily means the print run or circulation of a publication (e.g. una tirada de 10.000 ejemplares). It also means a long stretch or distance in colloquial use (hay una buena tirada = 'it's quite a stretch'). A third sense is a throw or shot (from tirar). The printing sense is most common in media contexts.

Examples

"La revista tiene una tirada de cincuenta mil ejemplares."

Natural Translation

The magazine has a print run of fifty thousand copies.

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