tirar in Spanish: to throw, to pull, to throw away (verb)

Translation

to throw, to pull, to throw away

Word origin

The origin is debated. It is most often traced to an onomatopoeic or expressive Romance root, though several other accounts circulate.

Other proposed origins

Often explained as an expressive or onomatopoeic formation, the sound of tearing or pulling, shared across Romance languages. (expressive Romance root tir-)
Some accounts derive it from a Gothic root such as *tairan ('to tear'), related to English tear. (Gothic *tairan)

Verb type-ar regular

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	tiro	tiré	tiraba	tiraré	tiraría
tú	tiras	tiraste	tirabas	tirarás	tirarías
él/ella/ud.	tira	tiró	tiraba	tirará	tiraría
nos.	tiramos	tiramos	tirábamos	tiraremos	tiraríamos
vos.	tiráis	tirasteis	tirabais	tiraréis	tiraríais
ellos/uds.	tiran	tiraron	tiraban	tirarán	tirarían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	tire	tirara	tirase
tú	tires	tiraras	tirases
él/ella/ud.	tire	tirara	tirase
nos.	tiremos	tiráramos	tirásemos
vos.	tiréis	tirarais	tiraseis
ellos/uds.	tiren	tiraran	tirasen

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I do not want to throw away this paper yet.

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The boy learned to throw the ball very far.

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Let's throw out the rubbish before going out.

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Do not throw away the food, please.

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You have to pull the door with force.

traer

to bring

tomar

to take, to drink, to have

dejar

to leave, to let, to allow

poner

to put, to place, to set, to turn on

tocar

to touch; to play (an instrument)

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