How would you translate this? (usage of tirar)

Question

How would you translate this? Tiró el periódico que acababa de leer en la mesa. I think its something like this, He dropped the paper that he had just read on the table. Do you think the author meant he literally threw it on the table? Thoughts? Thanks so much for the help... The rae.es definition makes me think it is dropped. tirar. (De or. inc.). 1. tr. Dejar caer intencionadamente algo. Tirar el libro, el pañuelo

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Answer 1

Probably more like tossed it than threw it. More forceful than dropping it, less so than throwing it. But really depending on context it could run the whole range from dropped to tossed to thrown.

Answer 2

Hi, I don't know about what did you use to translate the phrase but according to the context, the author meant that the person threw the newspaper on the table on purpose. The person meant to do that.

For example: He/she was mad, maybe read something that didn't like, got mad/angry then threw the newspaper on the table.

Hope it helps,

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Answer 3

I might use dejar caer instead of tirar: Dejó caer el periódico...

(Assuming that the paper in question was a newspaper.)

I think of tirar as something a bit more forceful than merely dropping.

Correction I want to translate it to English. Do you think the author meant literally he threw the paper on the table? - 1158511, Aug 4, 2015