Spanish verb tirar conjugation

tirar
to throw
regular verbPast participle: tiradoGerund: tirando

Tirar means to throw or to pull something. It is used in contexts involving discarding, launching, or pulling objects.

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Complete conjugation of tirar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotiro
Yo tiro la basura todos los días.
I take out the trash every day.
tiras
Tú tiras la pelota muy lejos.
You throw the ball very far.
Él / Ella / Ustedtira
Ella tira la cuerda con sus perros.
She pulls the rope with her dogs.
Nosotros / Nosotrastiramos
Nosotros tiramos las cartas en el juego.
We deal the cards in the game.
Vosotros / Vosotrastiráis
Vosotros tiráis la pelota en el parque.
You all throw the ball in the park.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestiran
Ellos tiran la basura en el contenedor.
They throw the trash in the bin.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotiré
Ayer tiré la basura.
Yesterday I took out the trash.
tiraste
Tú tiraste las papas viejas.
You threw away the old potatoes.
Él / Ella / Ustedtiró
Él tiró la pelota muy lejos.
He threw the ball very far.
Nosotros / Nosotrastiramos
Nosotros tiramos las cartas en el juego.
We threw the cards in the game.
Vosotros / Vosotrastirasteis
Vosotros tirasteis la basura anoche.
You all took out the trash last night.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestiraron
Ellos tiraron las cajas viejas.
They threw away the old boxes.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotiraba
Yo tiraba la basura todos los días.
I used to take out the trash every day.
tirabas
Tú tirabas piedras al río.
You used to throw stones into the river.
Él / Ella / Ustedtiraba
Ella tiraba la pelota en el parque.
She used to throw the ball in the park.
Nosotros / Nosotrastirábamos
Nosotros tirábamos de la cuerda en el juego.
We used to pull the rope in the game.
Vosotros / Vosotrastirabais
Vosotros tirabais las hojas en otoño.
You all used to rake the leaves in autumn.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestiraban
Ellos tiraban piedras en el río.
They used to throw stones into the river.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoestoy tirando
Estoy tirando la basura ahora mismo.
I am throwing out the trash right now.
estás tirando
Estás tirando la pelota en el parque.
You are throwing the ball in the park.
Él / Ella / Ustedestá tirando
Ella está tirando la cuerda.
She is pulling the rope.
Nosotros / Nosotrasestamos tirando
Estamos tirando las cajas al camión.
We are loading the boxes onto the truck.
Vosotros / Vosotrasestáis tirando
Vosotros estáis tirando la basura.
You all are throwing out the trash.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesestán tirando
Ellos están tirando piedras al río.
They are throwing stones into the river.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yovoy a tirar
Voy a tirar la basura ahora.
I am going to throw away the trash now.
vas a tirar
¿Vas a tirar esa caja?
Are you going to throw away that box?
Él / Ella / Ustedva a tirar
Ella va a tirar las cartas.
She is going to throw away the cards.
Nosotros / Nosotrasvamos a tirar
Vamos a tirar las plantas viejas.
We are going to throw away the old plants.
Vosotros / Vosotrasvais a tirar
Vosotros vais a tirar la ropa vieja.
You all are going to throw away the old clothes.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesvan a tirar
Ellos van a tirar los papeles.
They are going to throw away the papers.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotiraré
Mañana tiraré la basura.
Tomorrow I will take out the trash.
tirarás
Tú tirarás la pelota más lejos.
You will throw the ball farther.
Él / Ella / Ustedtirará
Ella tirará la piedra al río.
She will throw the stone into the river.
Nosotros / Nosotrastiraremos
Nosotros tiraremos las cajas mañana.
We will throw away the boxes tomorrow.
Vosotros / Vosotrastiraréis
Vosotros tiraréis las fotos después.
You all will throw away the photos later.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestirarán
Ellos tirarán la basura en la mañana.
They will take out the trash in the morning.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotiraría
Yo tiraría la basura si tuviera tiempo.
I would throw away the trash if I had time.
tirarías
Tú tirarías la pelota si la encontrases.
You would throw the ball if you found it.
Él / Ella / Ustedtiraría
Ella tiraría la carta si no la necesitara.
She would throw away the card if she didn't need it.
Nosotros / Nosotrastiraríamos
Nosotros tiraríamos la comida si no estuviera buena.
We would throw away the food if it wasn't good.
Vosotros / Vosotrastiraríais
Vosotros tiraríais las cosas si no las usáis.
You all would throw away things if you don't use them.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestirarían
Ellos tirarían las plantas si no crecieran bien.
They would throw away the plants if they didn't grow well.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohe tirado
He tirado la basura hoy.
I have taken out the trash today.
has tirado
¿Has tirado ya la basura?
Have you taken out the trash yet?
Él / Ella / Ustedha tirado
Ella ha tirado las cartas.
She has thrown away the cards.
Nosotros / Nosotrashemos tirado
Hemos tirado las cajas viejas.
We have thrown away the old boxes.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabéis tirado
¿Habéis tirado los papeles?
Have you all thrown away the papers?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshan tirado
Ellos han tirado la basura.
They have taken out the trash.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabía tirado
Yo ya había tirado la basura.
I had already thrown away the trash.
habías tirado
Tú habías tirado las papas.
You had thrown away the potatoes.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabía tirado
Ella había tirado el papel.
She had thrown away the paper.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabíamos tirado
Nosotros habíamos tirado la basura.
We had thrown away the trash.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabíais tirado
Vosotros habíais tirado las botellas.
You all had thrown away the bottles.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabían tirado
Ellos habían tirado las cajas.
They had thrown away the boxes.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabré tirado
Para entonces, habré tirado la basura.
By then, I will have taken out the trash.
habrás tirado
¿Cuándo habrás tirado esa ropa?
When will you have thrown away that clothes?
Él / Ella / Ustedhabrá tirado
Ella habrá tirado los papeles.
She will have thrown away the papers.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabremos tirado
Nosotros habremos tirado las cajas.
We will have thrown out the boxes.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabréis tirado
Vosotros habréis tirado la basura ya.
You all will have taken out the trash already.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrán tirado
Ellos habrán tirado las cosas viejas.
They will have thrown away the old things.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabría tirado
Yo habría tirado la basura si hubiera tenido tiempo.
I would have thrown away the trash if I had had time.
habrías tirado
Tú habrías tirado la caja si no la necesitabas.
You would have thrown away the box if you didn't need it.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabría tirado
Ella habría tirado las papas si no le gustaban.
She would have thrown away the potatoes if she didn't like them.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabríamos tirado
Nosotros habríamos tirado las sillas si no las usábamos.
We would have thrown away the chairs if we didn't use them.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabríais tirado
Vosotros habríais tirado la ropa vieja.
You all would have thrown away the old clothes.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrían tirado
Ellos habrían tirado los papeles si no los necesitaban.
They would have thrown away the papers if they didn't need them.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotire
Espero que tiremos la basura pronto.
I hope we take out the trash soon.
tieres
Es importante que tires la basura hoy.
It's important that you take out the trash today.
Él / Ella / Ustedtire
Es bueno que tire la basura ahora.
It's good that he/she/you (formal) takes out the trash now.
Nosotros / Nosotrastiremos
Queremos que tiremos la basura juntos.
We want us to take out the trash together.
Vosotros / Vosotrastiráis
Espero que tiréis la basura más tarde.
I hope you all take out the trash later.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestiren
Es necesario que tiren la basura ahora.
It's necessary that they/you all take out the trash now.

Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotirara
Quería que él tirara la basura.
I wanted him to take out the trash.
tiraras
Esperaba que tú tiraras la pelota.
I hoped that you threw the ball.
Él / Ella / Ustedtirara
Dudaba que ella tirara la basura.
I doubted that she threw away the trash.
Nosotros / Nosotrastiráramos
Si pudiéramos, tiraríamos la basura.
If we could, we would throw out the trash.
Vosotros / Vosotrastirarais
Me gustaría que vosotros tirarais la basura.
I would like you all to take out the trash.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestiraran
No creía que ellos tiraran la basura.
I didn't believe that they threw out the trash.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotirare
Si tuviera tiempo, tirare la basura.
If I had time, I would throw away the trash.
tirare
Tú tirare la pelota más lejos.
You would throw the ball farther.
Él / Ella / Ustedtirare
Él tirare la cuerda con fuerza.
He would pull the rope hard.
Nosotros / Nosotrastiráremos
Nosotros tiráremos los papeles mañana.
We will throw away the papers tomorrow.
Vosotros / Vosotrastirareis
Vosotros tirareis la basura después.
You all will take out the trash later.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestiraren
Ellos tiraren las cartas al final.
They will throw away the cards at the end.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohaya tirado
Espero que haya tirado la basura.
I hope I have taken out the trash.
hayas tirado
¿Crees que hayas tirado eso?
Do you think you have thrown that away?
Él / Ella / Ustedhaya tirado
Es posible que él haya tirado las llaves.
It's possible that he has thrown away the keys.
Nosotros / Nosotrashayamos tirado
No creo que hayamos tirado nada importante.
I don't think we have thrown away anything important.
Vosotros / Vosotrashayáis tirado
¿Habéis tirado las cartas todavía?
Have you all thrown away the cards yet?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshayan tirado
Es probable que hayan tirado la basura.
They probably have taken out the trash.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiera tirado
Si hubiera tirado la basura, no habría problema.
If I had thrown away the trash, there would be no problem.
hubieras tirado
Si hubieras tirado la carta, no te habría visto.
If you had thrown away the letter, I wouldn't have seen you.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiera tirado
Si ella hubiera tirado el papel, no habría ocurrido nada.
If she had thrown away the paper, nothing would have happened.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéramos tirado
Si hubiéramos tirado la basura, estaríamos limpios.
If we had thrown away the trash, we would be clean.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubierais tirado
Si vosotros hubierais tirado el envase, no habría problema.
If you all had thrown away the container, there would be no problem.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieran tirado
Si ellos hubieran tirado las botellas, el parque sería más limpio.
If they had thrown away the bottles, the park would be cleaner.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiere tirado
Cuando llegue, ya hubiere tirado la basura.
When I arrive, I will have already taken out the trash.
hubieres tirado
Para entonces, tú hubieres tirado la comida.
By then, you will have thrown away the food.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiere tirado
Es posible que él hubiere tirado las cajas.
It's possible that he will have thrown away the boxes.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéremos tirado
Quizá nosotros hubiéremos tirado todo.
Maybe we will have thrown everything away.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubiereis tirado
Para entonces, vosotros hubiereis tirado la basura.
By then, you all will have taken out the trash.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieren tirado
Es probable que ellos hubieren tirado las cosas.
It's likely that they will have thrown away the things.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yotira
¡Tira la basura, por favor!
Throw away the trash, please!
tira
Tira esa pelota ahora.
Throw that ball now.
Él / Ella / Ustedtire
¡Tire la cuerda con cuidado!
Pull the rope carefully!
Nosotros / Nosotrastiramos
Tiremos del cable lentamente.
Let's pull the cable slowly.
Vosotros / Vosotrastirad
Tirad las cartas en la mesa.
Lay down the cards on the table.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedestiren
¡Tiren las sillas al guardar!
Put the chairs away!

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yono tires
No tires la basura allí.
Don't throw the trash there.
no tires
No tires la pelota aún.
Don't throw the ball yet.
Él / Ella / Ustedno tire
No tire esa botella, por favor.
Don't throw that bottle, please.
Nosotros / Nosotrasno tiremos
No tiremos la comida todavía.
Let's not throw the food yet.
Vosotros / Vosotrasno tiréis
No tiréis las papas en la calle.
Don't throw the potatoes on the street.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesno tiren
No tiren las cartas en la basura.
Don't throw the cards in the trash.

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