tirar
Translation
v.
› (lanzar)
⇨ to throw
Aquel niño me tiró una bola de nieve That kid threw a snowball at me
Tírame la pelota Throw the ball
⇨ to bung uk inform
⇨ to cast lit
El caballero tiró la espada a las profundidades del lago The knight cast the sword far out into the lake
⇨ to toss
tirar una moneda al aire to toss a coin
› (derribar)
⇨ to knock down
⇨ to pull down
Ya han tirado el viejo edificio They have already pulled down the old building
› (desechar)
⇨ to throw away
Tira las cáscaras Throw the shells away
⇨ to discard
› (derramar)
⇨ to spill
› (disparar un arma)
⇨ to shoot
› (volcar, echar al suelo)
⇨ to knock over
⇨ to tip over
⇨ to dump
› (atraer hacia sí, arrastrar)
⇨ to pull
⇨ to heave
› (malgastar)
⇨ to be free with
⇨ to waste
› (de algo)
⇨ to tug
No me tires del brazo Don't tug my arm
› (en deporte)
⇨ to shoot
ir tirando (col.)
⇨ to scrape {along/by}
(Definition of tirar v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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