🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

lanzado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lanˈθaðo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flung/flʌŋ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Él lanzó la pelota a través del jardín."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To throw something with force or speed.

    "He flung the ball across the yard."
  2. 2

    To move or act with sudden force.

    "She flung herself onto the couch in exhaustion."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'flung' is the past participle of 'fling', which originates from the Old Norse word 'flengja', meaning 'to throw'. It evolved through Middle English, where it retained the meaning of throwing something with force.

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