tirar

/tiˈɾaɾ/, [t̪iˈɾaɾ]

throw


Gerund: tirando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular tirado tirada
Plural tirados tiradas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo tiro tiraba tiré tiraré tiraría
tiras tirabas tiraste tirarás tirarías
él/ella/Ud. tira tiraba tiró tirará tiraría
nosotros tiramos tirábamos tiramos tiraremos tiraríamos
vosotros tiráis tirabais tirasteis tiraréis tiraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. tiran tiraban tiraron tirarán tirarían
vos tirás tirabas tiraste tirarás tirarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo tire tirara tirase tirare
tires tiraras tirases tirares
él/ella/Ud. tire tirara tirase tirare
nosotros tiremos tiráramos tirásemos tiráremos
vosotros tiréis tirarais tiraseis tirareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. tiren tiraran tirasen tiraren
vos tirés tiraras tirases tirares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tira no tires
Ud. tire no tire
nosotros tiremos no tiremos
vosotros tirad no tiréis
Uds. tiren no tiren
vos tirá no tires

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Aquellos que viven en casas de cristal no deberían tirar piedras.

    Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

  • Mantener a Mario en un estado en el que pueda tirar bolas de fuego es un proceso delicado: ese poder recién adquirido a veces hace que uno se vuelva gallito y descuidado.

    Keeping Mario in a state in which he can throw fireballs is a delicate process; that newfound power sometimes makes one cocky and careless.

  • El fuerte, violento viento azotó para tirar las hojas de los árboles.

    The strong, gusty wind strived to strip the leaves off the trees.

  • Ayer puse los regalos en el techo, hoy los metí debajo de la cama y mañana los voy a tirar por la ventana.

    Yesterday I put the gifts in the attic, today I put them under the bed and tomorrow I'll throw them out the window.

  • Tienes que tirar la puerta para abrirla.

    You have to pull that door to open it.

  • No le puedo tirar el pelo a Taninna. Ella es mucho más alta que yo.

    I cannot pull Taninna's hair. She's much taller than me.

  • A pesar de nuestro apoyo, decidió tirar la toalla.

    In spite of our encouragement, he decided to throw in the towel.

  • No puedo tirar a Taninna aquí. Hay un policía.

    I cannot drop Taninna here. There is a policeman.

  • Hoy en día no puedes andar por la calle sin ver a la gente tirar la basura al suelo.

    These days you can't walk down the street without seeing people dropping litter.


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