Arrojar in english
Throw
pronunciation: θroʊ part of speech: verb
pronunciation: θroʊ part of speech: verb
In gestures
arrojarse = pounce (on).
Example: The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.arrojar = toss out ; fling ; toss ; spew (out) ; pitch ; toss away ; hurl ; throw ; disgorge ; chuck ; sling ; cast away.
Example: In preparation for computerization, let us not toss out old standards that were good.Example: A gust of wind flung a powder of snow from the window-sill into the room.Example: Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed = Everything being online, the exquisite oaken cabinets housing the card files were tossed.Example: Simultaneously, automatic gunfire spewed out from a sandbagged position west of the village across the river mouth.Example: They pitched him unceremoniously out of the window, laming him for life, on a brick pavement below.Example: It's a waste to toss them away, so I decided to make them into this pair of lovely bobby pins.Example: Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails Friday at Israeli soldiers operating south of Nablus, the army said.Example: The point to be made for the novice abstractor is that editors are not ghouls who must be thrown raw meat before a check is issued.Example: Rattlers are easily frightened and will disgorge their food if handled after a meal, a habit well known to all zoo custodian.Example: Somehow the separation of church and state that was one of the founding principles of this country was chucked for the sake of political expediency.Example: Several inmates face more time behind bars after slinging fecal matter throughout the jail.Example: Now is the time to cast away the things in our life that did not serve us well this year and to write up a list of new things we'd like to try next year.more:
» arrojar a la basura = trash .
Example: Sending weeded books to be trashed or to paper recycling centers were two other common options.» arrojar al olvido = throw into + oblivion ; cast into + oblivion .
Example: For he's a ray of hope in a world where musicians are moulded, marketed and catapulted to stardom one moment, thrown to oblivion the next. Example: No sooner had diphtheria been conquered and almost cast into oblivion than this new horror appears on the horizon.» arrojar al suelo = throw down ; throw + Nombre + on the ground ; fling down .
Example: And when Moses threw his shepherd's crook down it became a snake. Example: And when Moses threw it on the ground it became a serpent. Example: It all begins with a fatal shot that accidentally fires from a pistol flung down during an argument.» arrojar contra el suelo = crash + Nombre + to the ground ; throw down ; throw + Nombre + on the ground .
Example: Over the last year he has pushed her around, fed her false truths, built up her hopes then crashed them to the ground. Example: And when Moses threw his shepherd's crook down it became a snake. Example: And when Moses threw it on the ground it became a serpent.» arrojar desde = throw + Nombre + off .
Example: My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat.» arrojar dudas sobre = cast + doubt on ; throw + doubt on .
Example: His article casts doubt on the future of local technical libraries in the new economic climate. Example: Such low figures throw doubt on the applicability of US findings to the UK situation.» arrojar el guante = throw down + the gauntlet .
Example: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, she added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you' = E, insinuando que le había desafiado, ella añadió: "Puedo ser desagradable. Te lo advierto".» arrojar la esponja = throw in/up + the sponge .
Example: He looked at her reproachfully for a moment, and then announced that he was ready to throw up the sponge.» arrojar la toalla = throw in + the towel .
Example: No one among librarians, suppliers or publishers is throwing in the towel but the position this format takes in library collections in the near future is unsettled.» arrojar luz = shed + understanding .
Example: The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.» arrojar luz sobre = shed + (a) light on/upon ; throw + (a) light on/upon ; cast + (a) light on/upon ; shine + (a) light on/upon .
Example: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM. Example: It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies. Example: The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment. Example: Last year we shone a light on Europe's thriving ivory markets and stirred up a storm.» arrojar por la ventana = throw + Nombre + out (of) the window .
Example: They obeyed and threw her out of the window, and as she fell the walls were sprinkled with her blood.» arrojar resultados = produce + results .
Example: It remains to be seen whether fuzzy set theory can produce better results.» arrojar resultados sobre = shed + (a) light on/upon ; shine + (a) light on/upon .
Example: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM. Example: Last year we shone a light on Europe's thriving ivory markets and stirred up a storm.» arrojarse = pounce (on) .
Example: The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.» arrojarse (al vacío) de/desde = throw + Reflexivo + off/from ; fling + Reflexivo + off/from .
Example: A 13-year-old girl threw herself off an overpass just days after a shaming video was posted online by her father. Example: The Chassidic woman who hung herself four months after her sister flung herself off a building had been forced to marry a first cousiin.» arrojarse por un precipicio = jump off + a cliff .
Example: Melissa's parents divorced and she had her hands full keeping her mother from jumping off a cliff and her father from making another huge mistake.