tirar la toalla in Spanish

Forms: tiro la toalla [first-person, present, singular], tiré la toalla [first-person, preterite, singular], tirado la toalla [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the traditional signal from a boxer's support staff of throwing such an item into a boxing ring to indicate that the contestant cannot continue the match and is forfeiting to the opponent. Head templates: {{es-verb}} tirar la toalla (first-person singular present tiro la toalla, first-person singular preterite tiré la toalla, past participle tirado la toalla)

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the traditional signal from a boxer's support staff of throwing such an item into a boxing ring to indicate that the contestant cannot continue the match and is forfeiting to the opponent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tiro la toalla",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiré la toalla",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tirado la toalla",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tirar la toalla (first-person singular present tiro la toalla, first-person singular preterite tiré la toalla, past participle tirado la toalla)",
      "name": "es-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to throw in the towel; to give up; to quit"
      ],
      "id": "en-tirar_la_toalla-es-verb-thw2sLEU",
      "links": [
        [
          "throw in the towel",
          "throw in the towel"
        ],
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ],
        [
          "quit",
          "quit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to throw in the towel; to give up; to quit"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tirar la toalla"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the traditional signal from a boxer's support staff of throwing such an item into a boxing ring to indicate that the contestant cannot continue the match and is forfeiting to the opponent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tiro la toalla",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiré la toalla",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tirado la toalla",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tirar la toalla (first-person singular present tiro la toalla, first-person singular preterite tiré la toalla, past participle tirado la toalla)",
      "name": "es-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish idioms",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish multiword terms",
        "Spanish verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to throw in the towel; to give up; to quit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "throw in the towel",
          "throw in the towel"
        ],
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ],
        [
          "quit",
          "quit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to throw in the towel; to give up; to quit"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tirar la toalla"
}

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"tirar la toalla" meaning in Spanish

Verb