arrojar

/aroˈxaɾ/, [a.roˈxaɾ]

throw


Verb arrojar (first-person singular present arrojo, first-person singular preterite arrojé, past participle arrojado)

  1. (transitive) to throw, to hurl, to toss, to fling (cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
  2. (transitive) to emit (to send out or give off)
  3. (transitive) to eject, to kick out (to compel (a person or persons) to leave)
  4. (transitive) to yield, to produce; to shed (light) on
    arrojar luz sobre
    to shed light on
    arrojar resultados positivos
    to yield positive results
  5. (transitive) to vomit

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


Examples
  • Él perdió la compostura y se puso a arrojar cosas.

    He lost his cool and started throwing things.

  • Se prohíbe arrojar objetos por la ventanilla.

    It is forbidden to throw things out of the window.

  • Mañana voy a arrojar una sandía desde el techo de un edificio de cinco pisos porque sí.

    Tomorrow I'm going to throw a watermelon off the roof of a five-story building just for the hell of it.

  • Sí, parece que incluso el doctor estaba por arrojar la toalla.

    Yup, it seems like even the doctor was about to throw the towel.


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