lanzar

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Spanish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /lanˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /lanˈsaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lan‧zar

Verb

lanzar (first-person singular present lanzo, first-person singular preterite lancé, past participle lanzado)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: arrojar, tirar, aventar
    El bebé lanzó el juguete con todas sus fuerzas.
    The baby threw the toy with all his strength.
  2. to launch
  3. (baseball) to pitch
    No pude lidiar con el modo en que lanzaba ese tipo.
    I couldn't deal with how that guy pitched.
  4. to release (a product, etc.)

Conjugation

    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

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lanzar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive lanzar
dative lanzarme lanzarte lanzarle, lanzarse lanzarnos lanzaros lanzarles, lanzarse
accusative lanzarme lanzarte lanzarlo, lanzarla, lanzarse lanzarnos lanzaros lanzarlos, lanzarlas, lanzarse
with gerund lanzando
dative lanzándome lanzándote lanzándole, lanzándose lanzándonos lanzándoos lanzándoles, lanzándose
accusative lanzándome lanzándote lanzándolo, lanzándola, lanzándose lanzándonos lanzándoos lanzándolos, lanzándolas, lanzándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lanza
dative lánzame lánzate lánzale lánzanos not used lánzales
accusative lánzame lánzate lánzalo, lánzala lánzanos not used lánzalos, lánzalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lanzá
dative lanzame lanzate lanzale lanzanos not used lanzales
accusative lanzame lanzate lanzalo, lanzala lanzanos not used lanzalos, lanzalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lance
dative lánceme not used láncele, láncese láncenos not used lánceles
accusative lánceme not used láncelo, láncela, láncese láncenos not used láncelos, láncelas
with first-person plural imperative lancemos
dative not used lancémoste lancémosle lancémonos lancémoos lancémosles
accusative not used lancémoste lancémoslo, lancémosla lancémonos lancémoos lancémoslos, lancémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lanzad
dative lanzadme not used lanzadle lanzadnos lanzaos lanzadles
accusative lanzadme not used lanzadlo, lanzadla lanzadnos lanzaos lanzadlos, lanzadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lancen
dative láncenme not used láncenle láncennos not used láncenles, láncense
accusative láncenme not used láncenlo, láncenla láncennos not used láncenlos, láncenlas, láncense

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