No. 5,886 in Spanish
tirar
"To throw, pull, shoot, or discard."
In a sentence
Tiró la pelota al otro lado del campo.
He threw the ball to the other side of the field.
The word 'tirar' here is used to describe the act of throwing something with force.
No tires esta botella, podemos usarla más adelante.
Don't throw away this bottle, we can use it later.
In this sentence, 'tirar' means to discard or throw away an item.
El niño tiró de la cuerda para mover el juguete.
The child pulled the string to move the toy.
Here, 'tirar' is used in the sense of pulling something directly.
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