10 August 2025

Spanish Sounds Cooler Sometimes

"¿Dónde están los francotiradores?" is Spanish for "Where are the snipers?"

What I think is interesting is "tiradores" means shooter.

Sniper in Spanish is Frank shooter.

Or is it actually Franco Shooter?

Trying to find a handy etymology site that's in English for a Spanish word is harder than I thought.

The internet says:  The franco part is borrowed from French for 'free' which has something to do with 'free companies' which were civilian units not part of the main armies who mainly harassed the enemy.

Posted by Angus McThag at 17:25
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  1. slow joe crow11 August, 2025 12:49

    Yeah Francotirador is a straight translation of franc tireur, which IIRC originated from the Franco-Prussian War, and led to German atrocities in WWI.

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