SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

arrojar

(formal) to throw, to hurl, to toss, to fling (cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

arrojar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarrojo
túarrojas
él / ella / ustedarroja
nosotros / nosotrasarrojamos
vosotros / vosotrasarrojáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrojan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

arrojar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarrojé
túarrojaste
él / ella / ustedarrojó
nosotros / nosotrasarrojamos
vosotros / vosotrasarrojasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrojaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

arrojar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarrojaba
túarrojabas
él / ella / ustedarrojaba
nosotros / nosotrasarrojábamos
vosotros / vosotrasarrojabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrojaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

arrojar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarrojaré
túarrojarás
él / ella / ustedarrojará
nosotros / nosotrasarrojaremos
vosotros / vosotrasarrojaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrojarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

arrojar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarrojaría
túarrojarías
él / ella / ustedarrojaría
nosotros / nosotrasarrojaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasarrojaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrojarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

arrojar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarroje
túarrojes
él / ella / ustedarroje
nosotros / nosotrasarrojemos
vosotros / vosotrasarrojéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrojen

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • (formal) to throw, to hurl, to toss, to fling (cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
  • (formal) to emit (to send out or give off)
  • (formal) to eject, to kick out (to compel (a person or persons) to leave)

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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