Usage examples of "tiró" in Spanish with translation to English

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El niño tiró una piedra. The boy threw a stone.
Él tiró de la cuerda. He pulled the rope.
Tom tiró el libro de Mary al fuego. Tom threw Mary's book into the fire.
Tiró la casa por la ventana para la boda de su hija. He went overboard for his daughter's wedding.
Tiró una piedra al perro. He threw a stone at the dog.
Ella lo agarró de la mano y lo tiró dentro del bote. She grabbed him by the hand and pulled him onto the boat.
Tom tiró una piedra en el estanque. Tom threw a stone into the pond.
El sábado fui al zoo y un mono que no paraba de chillar me tiró del pelo. On Saturday I went to the zoo, and a monkey, who wouldn't stop screeching, pulled my hair.
¿Quién tiró una piedra a mi perro? Who threw a stone at my dog?
Ese niño tiró una piedra al perro. That child threw a stone at the dog.
Él tiró una piedra en el estanque. He threw a stone into the pond.
Tom le tiró un huevo a Mary. Tom threw an egg at Mary.
El niño le tiró una piedra al gato. The child threw a stone at the cat.
El niño le tiró una piedra a la rana. The boy threw a stone at the frog.
Recuerdo con toda claridad que él tiró dos pistolas al río. I remember very clearly that he threw two pistols into the river.
Cristóbal Colón una vez encontró el Santo Grial, pero lo tiró porque no le gustaba el color. Christopher Columbus once found the Holy Grail but threw it out because he didn't like the color.
No tires nada al suelo. Don't throw anything onto the floor.
¡No me tires de la pierna! Don't pull my leg!
Voy a pegarle un tiro. I'm gonna shoot him.
He tirado el vaso por descuido. I carelessly dropped a vase.
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