disparan

Disparan is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb disparar, which means to shoot or to discharge a weapon. It is used for actions carried out by ellos, ellas, or ustedes in the present tense. The verb is transitive and typically followed by a direct object, as in ellos disparan al blanco or disparan con un arma.

Beyond firearms, disparar is used in non-literal senses as well. Metaphorically, it can mean to bombard someone with questions or accusations: “El periodista dispara preguntas.” In photography, some uses of disparar mean taking a photo: “el fotógrafo dispara varias tomas,” though “tomar una foto” is more common in everyday speech.

Conjugation and usage: disparar is a regular -ar verb, so its present indicative forms are: yo disparo, tú disparas, él/ella/usted dispara, nosotros disparamos, vosotros disparáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes disparan. Other tenses follow the regular -ar pattern, e.g., disparé, disparaba, dispararé, and the present subjunctive disparen, dispares, dispare, dispara- mos, disparéis, disparen.

Notes: Meaning depends on context and accompanying phrases; it can describe shooting with different weapons and with prepositions such as contra or con. The term is common in news reporting about gunfire and in everyday speech among Spanish speakers.