títere
puppet
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
A toy moved by strings or wires
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
visual
teeter
to wobble unsteadily
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-e
noun suffix
Títere means puppet and sounds like the English word teeter0, since a puppet teeters and wobbles at the end of its strings.
títere
puppet, marionette
A toy worked from above by strings or from below by a hand. It has no balance of its own, so it only moves when someone else moves it.
El niño se rió del títere que bailaba en el escenarioThe boy laughed at the puppet dancing on the stage
Compramos un títere de madera en el mercadoWe bought a wooden marionette at the market
puppet, pawn (figurative)
A person who does whatever someone else decides, with no will of their own. They are someone else's puppet.
El ministro es un títere de los grandes bancosThe minister is a puppet of the big banks
No quiero ser el títere de nadie en esta empresaI don't want to be anyone's pawn in this company