lanzar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish lançar, from Late Latin lanceāre, derived from Latin lancea (“spear”), of Celtiberian origin. Compare Catalan llançar, Asturian llanzar, French lancer, Italian lanciare, Occitan and Portuguese lançar, English launch. Doublet of lancear, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /lanˈθaɾ/ [lãn̟ˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /lanˈsaɾ/ [lãnˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: lan‧zar
Verb edit
lanzar (first-person singular present lanzo, first-person singular preterite lancé, past participle lanzado)
- to throw
- to launch
- (baseball) to pitch
- No pude lidiar con el modo en que lanzaba ese tipo.
- I couldn't deal with how that guy pitched.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lanzar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | lanzar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | lanzando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lanzado | lanzada | |||||
plural | lanzados | lanzadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lanzo | lanzastú lanzásvos |
lanza | lanzamos | lanzáis | lanzan | |
imperfect | lanzaba | lanzabas | lanzaba | lanzábamos | lanzabais | lanzaban | |
preterite | lancé | lanzaste | lanzó | lanzamos | lanzasteis | lanzaron | |
future | lanzaré | lanzarás | lanzará | lanzaremos | lanzaréis | lanzarán | |
conditional | lanzaría | lanzarías | lanzaría | lanzaríamos | lanzaríais | lanzarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lance | lancestú lancésvos2 |
lance | lancemos | lancéis | lancen | |
imperfect (ra) |
lanzara | lanzaras | lanzara | lanzáramos | lanzarais | lanzaran | |
imperfect (se) |
lanzase | lanzases | lanzase | lanzásemos | lanzaseis | lanzasen | |
future1 | lanzare | lanzares | lanzare | lanzáremos | lanzareis | lanzaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | lanzatú lanzávos |
lance | lancemos | lanzad | lancen | ||
negative | no lances | no lance | no lancemos | no lancéis | no lancen |
Selected combined forms of lanzar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lanzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014