SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

tirar

to drop intentionally

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

tirar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yotiro
tútiras
él / ella / ustedtira
nosotros / nosotrastiramos
vosotros / vosotrastiráis
ellos / ellas / ustedestiran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

tirar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yotiré
tútiraste
él / ella / ustedtiró
nosotros / nosotrastiramos
vosotros / vosotrastirasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedestiraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

tirar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yotiraba
tútirabas
él / ella / ustedtiraba
nosotros / nosotrastirábamos
vosotros / vosotrastirabais
ellos / ellas / ustedestiraban

Future Futuro simple

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

tirar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yotiraré
tútirarás
él / ella / ustedtirará
nosotros / nosotrastiraremos
vosotros / vosotrastiraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedestirarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

tirar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yotiraría
tútirarías
él / ella / ustedtiraría
nosotros / nosotrastiraríamos
vosotros / vosotrastiraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedestirarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

tirar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yotire
tútires
él / ella / ustedtire
nosotros / nosotrastiremos
vosotros / vosotrastiréis
ellos / ellas / ustedestiren

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

  • to drop intentionally
  • to throw, to toss
  • to throw out, to toss, to dump

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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