tirarse

tirarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (lanzarse) to throw oneself, hurl oneself

2 (abalanzarse) to rush (sobre, at), jump (sobre, on)

3 (tumbarse) to lie down

4 familiar (tiempo) to spend

■ se tiró una hora en la ducha he spent an hour in the shower

5 argot (fornicar) to lay (a, -)

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VERBO PRONOMINAL

1) (=lanzarse) to throw o.s.

tirarse al suelo — to throw o.s. to the ground

tirarse por una ventana — to jump from o out of a window, throw o.s. out of a window

tirarse por un precipicio — to throw o.s. over a cliff

• tirarse al agua — [gen] to plunge into the water; [de cabeza] to dive o plunge into the water

• tirarse en la cama — to lie down in bed

• tirarse en paracaídas — to parachute (down); [en emergencia] to bale out

• tirarse sobre algn — to rush at sb, spring on sb

2) * (=pasar) to spend

se tiró dos horas arreglándolo — he spent two hours fixing it

me tiré mucho tiempo haciéndolo — I spent a lot of time doing it, it took me a long time to do it

3) (=expeler)

tirarse un eructo — * to burp *, belch, break wind

tirarse un pedo — ** to fart **

4)

tirarse a algn — *** [sexualmente] to screw sb ***, lay sb **

5) * (=irse)

tirarse a otra parte — to clear off somewhere else *

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= shag.

Ex. The next best thing to getting married to a man you love and having a family is shagging your best friend (who happens to be gay) and having a family.

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* tirarse a Alguien = buff.

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= shag.

Ex: The next best thing to getting married to a man you love and having a family is shagging your best friend (who happens to be gay) and having a family.

* tirarse a Alguien = buff.

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■tirarse verbo reflexivo
1 (saltar, arrojarse) to throw o hurl oneself
se tiró al agua, she dived o jumped into the water
se tiraron del tren, they hurled themselves off the train
2 (tenderse, dejarse caer) se tiró en el sillón, he flung himself into the armchair
(tumbarse) to lie down
3 fam (pasar un tiempo) to spend: se tiró un mes en Londres, he was in London for a month
'tirarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
echarse
- lanzarse
- pedo
- pegote
- trasto
- aventar
- echar
- paracaídas
- tirar
English:
bluff
- dive
- drop
- fart
- bail
- fuck

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vpr

1. [lanzarse] [al aire] to jump (a into); [al agua] to dive (a into);

se tiró de o [m5]desde lo alto del muro she jumped down from the wall;

tirarse del trampolín to dive off the springboard;

se tiró de un sexto piso he threw himself from the sixth floor;

se tiró por la ventana she jumped out of the window;

tirarse en paracaídas to parachute;

tirarse sobre alguien to jump on top of sb;

Comp

RP, Ven

tirarse al agua (de traje) to take the plunge

2. [tumbarse] to stretch out;

tirarse en el suelo/en la cama to stretch out on the ground/bed

3. Fam [en fútbol] to dive;

Comp

tirarse a la piscina to make a theatrical dive

4. Fam [pasar tiempo] to spend;

se tiraba todo el día viendo la tele she'd be in front of the TV all day long, she'd spend the whole day in front of the TV o Br telly;

se tiró siete años para hacer la carrera he took seven years to get his degree

5. Fam [expulsar]

tirarse un pedo to fart;

tirarse un eructo to burp;

tirarse un farol to bluff

6. muy Fam [sexualmente]

tirarse a alguien to lay sb, Br to have it off with sb

7. RP Fam

tirárselas de: se las tira de intelectual/elegante he fancies himself as an intellectual/a dandy

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tirarse

v/r

1 throw o.s.

2 fam

en fútbol dive

3 fam

tiempo spend

4

:

tirarse a alguien pop screw s.o. pop

5

:

tirárselas de algo make out one is sth

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vr

1) : to throw oneself

2) fam : to spend (time)

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tirarse vb

1. (lanzarse) to jump

se tiró a la piscina she jumped into the swimming pool

alguien se ha tirado del tren someone's jumped off the train

2. (tumbarse) to lie down [pt. & pp. lay]

se tiró en el sofá he lay down on the sofa

3. (pasar un tiempo) to spend [pt. & pp. spent]

se tiró dos años estudiando ruso she spent two years studying Russian

tirarse de cabeza to dive