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No tires el pañal al piso.

No tires el pañal al piso.
Don't throw the diaper on the floor.
From Lesson 131:Negative informal commands (no hables, no comas)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about No tires el pañal al piso.

Why does tirar change to tires here?
This is the negative informal command, used when telling a friend not to do something. For regular -ar verbs like tirar (to throw), you form this command by dropping the -ar and adding -es. So, tiras means you throw, but no tires means don't throw!
Wait, doesn't an -es ending usually belong to -er or -ir verbs?
Yes, in the normal present tense! But negative commands do a vowel swap. Verbs ending in -ar take an -es ending (no tires), while -er and -ir verbs take an -as ending (like no comas for don't eat).
Why does it say al piso instead of en el piso?
You can often use either, but al piso literally means to the floor. It is very common with verbs involving motion or direction, like throwing. Remember that al is the mandatory contraction of the preposition a (to) and the article el (the).
I've seen the word suelo for floor. Can I use that instead of piso?
Yes, they are often interchangeable. In Latin America, piso is the most common word for an indoor floor. Suelo is also understood and is frequently used for the ground outside, but you will hear it used for indoor floors too.

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