"Where do you want to throw the blanket?"

Translation: Dove vuoi tirare la coperta?

[oktaya]

I hate the hints sometimes.

[crazy4hazy]

I hear you! And why has nobody answered my question... anyone? Is 'lanciare' only for sports? And 'tirare' for the general use of 'throw'? Thank you.

[JoeM.]

Hi there, lanciare isn't only for sports-related activities. You can also use the verb for other types of activities:

• Lancia una pietra. (He/She throws a stone.)
• Lancia un cappello in aria. (She/He throws a hat in the air.)

Hope this helps!

[vvsey]

Just a guess but "lanciare" sounds like "launch". So it might be used when we want to make something "airborne", as opposed to, say, throwing a blanket on the ground.
Any thoughts on this?

[Kerri298960]

Tirare is to pull. Gettare is to throw. Getta la coperta = to throw the blanket. (according to Google Translate) Any thoughts on this?

[Marninger]

To throw blankets around is not common, - at least not in Italy.

Tirare la coperta means to stretch out the blanket, - to pull at it to make it lay flat.

[alanvoe]

"tirare" may mean "to pull" or "to throw", it depends on the context.

[crazy4hazy]

Thank you, yes it does.

[JoeM.]

Prego :)

[Kerri298960]

Dove vuoi gettare la coperta? = Where do you want to throw the blanket?

[alanvoe]

"gettare", "tirare" and "lanciare" are correct options in this sentence.

[Reefspal]

tirare also means to pull?

[JoeM.]

Yep, tirare can mean 'to pull' (as well as to toss, throw, or launch depending on the context). It's quite a versatile verb. :)

[Lynnich]

so in a previous question "I see the fisherman pull up the fish", could I have said "I see the fisherman throw up the fish"????

[Reefspal]

except that (in England) 'to throw up' also means to vomit

[Lynnich]

throw up means vomit in Australia too, perhaps I was joking? ;)

[DamionPelosi]

The verb in Italian is vomitare. I swear to god.

[Esther485620]

:D

[Antonio243141]

Is this an idiom? In Austria we don't throw (with) blankets!

[Marninger]

If you want to put a blanket on the ground (e.g. to sit on it in a park) most times you need to stretch it out (~pull at it) and that's where tirare comes in.

Dove vuoi tirare la coperta? ~ Where do you want to stretch out the blanket?

Tiramisu is a wonderful "dolce" that will pull you out of any misery.

Imagine walking up to a couple of doors, the left one marked "Tirare" and the right one "Spingere". To get inside you must either pull at the left or push at the right.

[nikom853445]

DLG should not give a miss leading hint. It makes me confused!!!!

[Catia9]

That's what I had, and I changed it because of your prompts! Argh!

[crazy4hazy]

Why is lanciare incorrect?

[kayamel]

I believe lanciare is used when referring to more "aerodynamic" objects or objects that are more likely to be thrown.

[alanvoe]

"lanciare" is correct and accepted on 09/26/2019.

[PennyMannel]

Posts are almost always so old!! I'm in June 2018 - doesn't anyone have recent questions? DL has totally changed the way we answer questions now!

[Monique678830]

I learned earlier on Duo about " tirare su"