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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): /lanˈθaɾ/ [lãn̟ˈθaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /lanˈsaɾ/ [lãnˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: lan‧zar
Verb
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.
- to release (a product, etc.)
- Synonym: publicar
- to emit, let out, utter
- lanzar un chiste
- crack a joke
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 266:
- Una mujer que tenía su casa cerca de un bosquecillo, observó qe su perro, al cerrar la noche, miraba en esa dirección y lanzaba aullidos lastimeros.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lanzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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