Breakdown of Nessuno sta difendendo, tirate adesso!
stare
to stay, to feel, to be
adesso
now
nessuno
nobody
difendere
to defend
Questions & Answers about Nessuno sta difendendo, tirate adesso!
Who is the speaker yelling at with tirate?
The speaker is addressing a group of people (like a sports team), which is why they use the voi imperative form of tirare. If they were telling just one player to shoot, they would use the tu form: tira adesso!
I thought tirare meant to pull or to throw. Why does it mean shoot here?
What verb form is sta difendendo?
This is the present continuous tense, used for actions happening right at this exact moment. It is made by combining the present tense of stare (here as sta) with the gerund form of the main verb, which ends in -ndo (from difendere to difendendo).