tirar

Asturian

Etymology

Verb

tirar (first-person singular indicative present tiro, past participle tiráu)

to throw (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
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Conjugation

Conjugation of tirar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		tirar
gerund		tirando
past participle		m tiráu, f tirada, n tirao, m pl tiraos, f pl tiraes
indicative	present	tiro	tires	tira	tiramos	tiráis	tiren
	imperfect	tiraba	tirabes	tiraba	tirábemos, tirábamos	tirabeis, tirabais	tiraben
	preterite	tiré	tirasti, tiresti	tiró	tiremos	tirastis, tirestis	tiraron
	pluperfect	tirare, tirara	tirares, tiraras	tirare, tirara	tiráremos, tiráramos	tirareis, tirarais	tiraren, tiraran
	future	tiraré	tirarás	tirará	tiraremos	tiraréis	tirarán
	conditional	tiraría	tiraríes	tiraría	tiraríemos, tiraríamos	tiraríeis, tiraríais	tiraríen
subjunctive	present	tire	tires, tiras	tire	tiremos	tiréis	tiren, tiran
subjunctive	imperfect	tirare, tirara	tirares, tiraras	tirare, tirara	tiráremos, tiráramos	tirareis, tirarais	tiraren, tiraran
imperative		—	tira	—	—	tirái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tiˈɾa]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tiˈɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tirí, past participle tirat)

(transitive) to throw, cast
(transitive) to shoot, fire
tirar una foto ― to take a photograph
(intransitive) to take or go in a certain direction
Tireu sempre amunt, i arribareu a la masia. ― Keep going up and you will reach the farmhouse.
(intransitive) to let a fluid pass through, a liquid or gas
La xemeneia tira bé. ― The chimney works fine.
(intransitive) to have similarity or tendency to be alike
Aquest vi tira a agre. ― This wine tastes like vinegar.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tirar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			tirar
gerund			tirant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tirat		tirada
		plural		tirats		tirades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tiro	tires	tira	tirem	tireu	tiren
	imperfect	tirava	tiraves	tirava	tiràvem	tiràveu	tiraven
	future	tiraré	tiraràs	tirarà	tirarem	tirareu	tiraran
	preterite	tirí	tirares	tirà	tiràrem	tiràreu	tiraren
	conditional	tiraria	tiraries	tiraria	tiraríem	tiraríeu	tirarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tiri	tiris	tiri	tirem	tireu	tirin
	imperfect	tirés	tiressis	tirés	tiréssim	tiréssiu	tiressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tira	tiri	tirem	tireu	tirin
	negative (no)	—	no tiris	no tiri	no tirem	no tireu	no tirin

Derived terms

Related terms

tirabuixó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tirar, from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tirei, past participle tirado)

(intransitive) to discard; to destroy [with con]
Vou tirar coa parede antes que caia en ninguén. ― I'm going to throw down the wall before it collapses over someone.
(followed by para) to tend to, to go in a given direction
Tira pra casa! ― Go home!

A acha tira para a racha (proverb, circa 1560) ― The apple does not fall far from the tree (literally, “The splinter tends to the billet”)
to remove; to take off; to sack
- c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 886:
  quando a meterõ ena vila, nõ pode caber pela porta, et ouuerõ a tirar as portas et a enãchar a entrada
  when they took it to the town, it couldn't pass through the gate, and they had to remove the doors and widen the entrance
- 1344, M. González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 536:
  Et sse o non quisseren correger nen emendar ssegundo dito he, que os ditos jurados, ou a mayor parte delles, et os procuradores que agora sson ou enton fforen que posan tirar a alcalldia a esses alcaides, ou alcayde, que erraren segundo dito he. Et desque os tiraren da alcalldia, por carta ou por Conçello, que daly adeante que non ayan poder de hussar della.
  And if they don't want to correct nor amend as it has been said, that the mentioned councilmen, or most of them, and the council agents that now are or then could be, that they can remove the mayorship from this mayors or mayor, that wronged according to what has been said. And as soon as they are sacked from the mayorship, either by charter or by Council, that from that moment they could not be able to use it
Synonyms: quitar, sacar
to take away
- 1323, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 254:
  mando quinentos mrs. pera tirar don Gómes Gonçalves donde ias pera o meter na Iglesia
  I bestow five hundred moravedis for taking Don Gómez González from where he is lying for putting him inside the church
- 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria., Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 117:
  Et alguus seus ynjmjgos por zelo de envidia diserõ a el rrey que el que queria traer o rreyno de Galiza, et o queria tirar a el rrey et darllo aos Jngreses et normanos, seus ynimjgos
  And some of his enemies, because of jealously caused by envy, told the king that he wanted to surrender the kingdom of Galicia, and that he wanted to take it away from the king and hand it to the Englishmen and the Normans, his enemies
Synonym: levar
to extract, pull out
- 1335, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 141:
  Eu Affonso Sanches notario de Santiago jurado esta nota fiz sacar et tirar da nota feyta per Aluar Eanes, notario
  I, Afonso Sánchez, sworn notary of Santiago, made this note copy and extract from the note made by Álvaro Eanes, notary
Synonym: sacar
to get away; to go away
Tira pr'alí! ― Go away!

Synonyms: afastar, marchar, quitar, sacar
to pull, draw
Synonym: puxar
(figurative) to look alike
A acha tira para a racha (proverb) ― chip off the old block (literally, “the splinter tends to the chip”)

Synonym: imitar
to throw, cast
Synonyms: botar, chimpar, guindar
to throw down
Synonym: derrubar
to shoot
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 384:
  eu uos mostrarey cõmo sey tirar de arquo
  I'll show you how I know to shoot from a bow
Synonym: disparar

Conjugation

Conjugation of tirar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tirar
Personal	tirar	tirares	tirar	tirarmos	tirardes	tiraren
Gerund
	tirando
Past participle
Masculine	tirado			tirados
Feminine	tirada			tiradas
Indicative
Present	tiro	tiras	tira	tiramos	tirades	tiran
Imperfect	tiraba	tirabas	tiraba	tirabamos	tirabades	tiraban
Preterite	tirei	tiraches	tirou	tiramos	tirastes	tiraron
Pluperfect	tirara	tiraras	tirara	tiraramos	tirarades	tiraran
Future	tirarei	tirarás	tirará	tiraremos	tiraredes	tirarán
Conditional	tiraría	tirarías	tiraría	tirariamos	tirariades	tirarían
Subjunctive
Present	tire	tires	tire	tiremos	tiredes	tiren
Imperfect	tirase	tirases	tirase	tirásemos	tirásedes	tirasen
Future	tirar	tirares	tirar	tirarmos	tirardes	tiraren
Imperative
Affirmative		tira	tire	tiremos	tirade	tiren
Negative (non)		non tires	non tire	non tiremos	non tiredes	non tiren

Reintegrated conjugation of tirar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tirar
Personal	tirar	tirares	tirar	tirarmos	tirardes	tirarem
Gerund
	tirando
Past participle
Masculine	tirado			tirados
Feminine	tirada			tiradas
Indicative
Present	tiro	tiras	tira	tiramos	tirades, tirais	tiram
Imperfect	tirava	tiravas	tirava	tirávamos	tirávades, tiráveis, tirávais¹	tiravam
Preterite	tirei	tiraste, tirache¹	tirou	tiramos	tirastes	tirárom, tiraram
Pluperfect	tirara	tiraras	tirara	tiráramos	tirárades, tiráreis, tirárais¹	tiraram
Future	tirarei	tirarás	tirará	tiraremos	tiraredes, tirareis	tirarám, tirarão
Conditional	tiraria	tirarias	tiraria	tiraríamos	tiraríades, tiraríeis, tiraríais¹	tirariam
Subjunctive
Present	tire	tires	tire	tiremos	tiredes, tireis	tirem
Imperfect	tirasse	tirasses	tirasse	tirássemos	tirássedes, tirásseis	tirassem
Future	tirar	tirares	tirar	tirarmos	tirardes	tirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tira	tire	tiremos	tirade, tirai	tirem
Negative (nom)		nom tires	nom tire	nom tiremos	nom tiredes, nom tireis	nom tirem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

References

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto tiri, French tirer, Italian tirare, Spanish tirar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiˈrar/

Verb

tirar (present tense tiras, past tense tiris, future tense tiros, imperative tirez, conditional tirus)

(transitive) to pull, draw, tug
(transitive, of chimneys) to draw

Conjugation

Conjugation of tirar

		present	past	future
infinitive		tirar	tirir	tiror
tense		tiras	tiris	tiros
conditional		tirus
imperative		tirez
adjective active participle		tiranta	tirinta	tironta
adverbial active participle		tirante	tirinte	tironte
nominal active participle	singular	tiranto	tirinto	tironto
nominal active participle	plural	tiranti	tirinti	tironti
adjective passive participle		tirata	tirita	tirota
adverbial passive participle		tirate	tirite	tirote
nominal passive participle	singular	tirato	tirito	tiroto
nominal passive participle	plural	tirati	tiriti	tiroti

Derived terms

Italian

Verb

tirar (apocopated)

Apocopic form of tirare

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Verb

tirar (Languedoc)

to take, retrieve

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tirar, from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃiˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃiˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɾa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈɾa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: ti‧rar

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tirei, past participle tirado)

(transitive) to take, take out, take away
Precisamos (de) tirar isso da cozinha.
We need to take that out of the kitchen.

Não lhe tire isso; é a única coisa que ela tem.
Don't take that away from her; it's the only thing she has.

Me tira daqui! ― Get me out of here!
(transitive) to remove, withdraw
As vassouras servem para tirar o lixo do chão.
Brooms are used to remove dirt from the floor.
(transitive) to get, obtain (a score or document)
Tirei nota máxima no exame! ― I got the highest score in the exame!

Quando é que tiras a carta? ― When are you going to get your driving license?
(reflexive, Brazil, colloquial) to mock; ridicule
Está me tirando?
Are you mocking me?

Conjugation

Conjugation of tirar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tirar
Personal	tirar	tirares	tirar	tirarmos	tirardes	tirarem
Gerund
	tirando
Past participle
Masculine	tirado			tirados
Feminine	tirada			tiradas
Indicative
Present	tiro	tiras	tira	tiramos	tirais	tiram
Imperfect	tirava	tiravas	tirava	tirávamos	tiráveis	tiravam
Preterite	tirei	tiraste	tirou	tiramos¹, tirámos²	tirastes	tiraram
Pluperfect	tirara	tiraras	tirara	tiráramos	tiráreis	tiraram
Future	tirarei	tirarás	tirará	tiraremos	tirareis	tirarão
Conditional	tiraria	tirarias	tiraria	tiraríamos	tiraríeis	tirariam
Subjunctive
Present	tire	tires	tire	tiremos	tireis	tirem
Imperfect	tirasse	tirasses	tirasse	tirássemos	tirásseis	tirassem
Future	tirar	tirares	tirar	tirarmos	tirardes	tirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tira	tire	tiremos	tirai	tirem
Negative (não)		não tires	não tire	não tiremos	não tireis	não tirem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tirar.

Descendants

Macanese: tirâ

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiˈɾaɾ/ [t̪iˈɾaɾ]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ti‧rar

Verb

tirar (first-person singular present tiro, first-person singular preterite tiré, past participle tirado)

(transitive) to throw, to toss
Synonyms: lanzar, arrojar, botar
(transitive) to throw out, to toss, to dump
Synonyms: echar, (Latin America) botar
(transitive) to shoot; to launch
(transitive) to take (a photograph)
Synonyms: hacer, tomar
(transitive) to print
Synonym: imprimir
(transitive) to skip (e.g. a rock or stone)
(transitive) to knock over; to knock down
Synonym: derribar
(transitive, intransitive) to roll (dice)
(pronominal, vulgar, Spain) to fuck
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder
(intransitive) to move forward, to go
la cabra siempre tira al monte ― the goat always goes to the mountain
(intransitive, with de) to pull, to tug
Synonym: jalar

tirar del pelo de alguien ― to pull someone's hair
(intransitive) to shoot (e.g., a ball)
Synonym: disparar
(intransitive) to manage; to get by
Tiramos. Es difícil, pero tiramos.
We get by. It's hard, but we get by.
(intransitive) to attract, to appeal to
Synonym: atraer
(intransitive) to be somewhat
tira a lástima ― it is a bit sad
(reflexive) to throw oneself
(reflexive, colloquial) to spend time, hang out

Conjugation

Conjugation of tirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			tirar
gerund			tirando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tirado		tirada
		plural		tirados		tiradas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tiro	tiras^{^tú} tirás^{^vos}	tira	tiramos	tiráis	tiran
	imperfect	tiraba	tirabas	tiraba	tirábamos	tirabais	tiraban
	preterite	tiré	tiraste	tiró	tiramos	tirasteis	tiraron
	future	tiraré	tirarás	tirará	tiraremos	tiraréis	tirarán
	conditional	tiraría	tirarías	tiraría	tiraríamos	tiraríais	tirarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tire	tires^{^tú} tirés^{^vos²}	tire	tiremos	tiréis	tiren
	imperfect (ra)	tirara	tiraras	tirara	tiráramos	tirarais	tiraran
	imperfect (se)	tirase	tirases	tirase	tirásemos	tiraseis	tirasen
	future¹	tirare	tirares	tirare	tiráremos	tirareis	tiraren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tira^{^tú} tirá^{^vos}	tire	tiremos	tirad	tiren
	negative		no tires	no tire	no tiremos	no tiréis	no tiren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of tirar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tirar	dative	tirarme	tirarte	tirarle, tirarse	tirarnos	tiraros	tirarles, tirarse
with infinitive tirar	accusative	tirarme	tirarte	tirarlo, tirarla, tirarse	tirarnos	tiraros	tirarlos, tirarlas, tirarse

with gerund tirando	dative	tirándome	tirándote	tirándole, tirándose	tirándonos	tirándoos	tirándoles, tirándose
with gerund tirando	accusative	tirándome	tirándote	tirándolo, tirándola, tirándose	tirándonos	tirándoos	tirándolos, tirándolas, tirándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative tira	dative	tírame	tírate	tírale	tíranos	not used	tírales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tira	accusative	tírame	tírate	tíralo, tírala	tíranos	not used	tíralos, tíralas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative tirá	dative	tirame	tirate	tirale	tiranos	not used	tirales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tirá	accusative	tirame	tirate	tiralo, tirala	tiranos	not used	tiralos, tiralas

with formal second-person singular imperative tire	dative	tíreme	not used	tírele, tírese	tírenos	not used	tíreles
with formal second-person singular imperative tire	accusative	tíreme	not used	tírelo, tírela, tírese	tírenos	not used	tírelos, tírelas

with first-person plural imperative tiremos	dative	not used	tirémoste	tirémosle	tirémonos	tirémoos	tirémosles
with first-person plural imperative tiremos	accusative	not used	tirémoste	tirémoslo, tirémosla	tirémonos	tirémoos	tirémoslos, tirémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative tirad	dative	tiradme	not used	tiradle	tiradnos	tiraos	tiradles
with informal second-person plural imperative tirad	accusative	tiradme	not used	tiradlo, tiradla	tiradnos	tiraos	tiradlos, tiradlas

with formal second-person plural imperative tiren	dative	tírenme	not used	tírenle	tírennos	not used	tírenles, tírense
with formal second-person plural imperative tiren	accusative	tírenme	not used	tírenlo, tírenla	tírennos	not used	tírenlos, tírenlas, tírense

Derived terms

a todo tirar
dejar tirado
estirar
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la sangre tira (“blood is thicker than water”)
retirar
tira
tira y afloja
tirachinas
tirachinos
tiracuello
tirada
tirador
tiraflechas
tiragomas
tirahojas
tiralíneas
tiran más dos tetas que dos carretas
tirante
tirapiedras
tirar a bagazo (“throw to the chaff”)
tirar a basura (“throw to the trash”)
tirar a degüello
tirar a mierda (“throw to the shit”)
tirar a mondongo (“throw to the trip”)
tirar al vuelo
tirar basura (“to litter”)
tirar de la cadena (“to flush the toilet”)
tirar de la manta
tirar debajo del autobús (“throw under the bus”)
tirar del carro
tirar el fideo
tirar fruta
tirar la caña
tirar la casa por la ventana
tirar la chancleta
tirar la goma
tirar la manga
tirar la primera piedra
tirar la toalla
tirar los caracoles
tirar los tejos
tirar los trastos
tirar piedras contra el propio tejado
tirar plante
tirar por la borda
tirar por lo bajo
tirar una coz
tirar una falta
tirar veneno
tirarse a la pileta
tirarse a la piscina
tirarse de las barbas
tirarse en plancha
tirarse las huevas
tirarse los bonetes
tirarse los trastos a la cabeza
tirarse un pedo
tiro
tirón

Related terms

Venetan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

Verb

tirar

(transitive) to pull
(transitive) to blow (of the wind)

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of tirar (first conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	tirar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		tirando
past participle		tirà
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	tiro	(te) tiri	(el/ła) tira	tirémo, tiròn	tiré	(i/łe) tira
imperfect	tirava	(te) tiravi	(el/ła) tirava	tiràvimo	tiravi	(i/łe) tirava
future	tirarò	(te) tirarè	(el/ła) tirarà	tirarémo	tirarè	(i/łe) tirarà
conditional	tirarìa	(te) tirarisi	(el/ła) tirarìa	tirarìsimo	tirarisi	(i/łe) tirarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	tire, tira	(te) tiri	(el/ła) tire, (el/ła) tira	tirémo, tirone	tiré	(i/łe) tire, (i/łe) tira
imperfect	tirase	(te) tirasi	(el/ła) tirase	tiràsimo	tirasi	(i/łe) tirase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) tira	(el/ła) tira, (el/ła) tire	tirémo	tiré	(i/łe) tira, (i/łe) tire

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