No. 12,275 in Spanish
lanzándolas
"Throwing them."
In a sentence
El atleta estaba agarrando las jabalinas y lanzándolas hacia la zona objetivo.
The athlete was grabbing the javelins and throwing them towards the target area.
In this sentence, 'lanzándolas' is used in the context of describing the action of the athlete actively throwing javelins, indicating continuous action in the gerund form coupled with the pronoun 'las' to refer to 'jabalinas'.
Al ver los globos que llevábamos, comenzó a lanzándolas al aire alegremente.
Upon seeing the balloons we were carrying, he started throwing them joyfully into the air.
Here, 'lanzándolas' depicts the act of someone throwing 'globos' (balloons) cheerfully into the air, again employing the gerund form and the direct object pronoun 'las'.
Los niños disfrutaban del juego, lanzándolas a través de la cuerda para ganar puntos.
The children were enjoying the game, throwing them across the rope to score points.
In this sentence, 'lanzándolas' describes the children engaging in a playful activity, throwing objects (implicitly understood as what 'las' refers to), using the gerund to show the continuous aspect of their action.
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