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Echar
- Spanish Expressions
Echar has numerous meanings and is also used in
various idiomatic expressions.
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| echar |
to throw |
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to put in/on |
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to cast |
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to fling |
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to pitch |
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to toss |
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to add |
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to emit |
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to serve |
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to give off/out |
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to eject, throw out |
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to fire (an employee) |
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to sprout |
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to move, push |
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| echar a |
to start/begin to |
| echar a faltar |
(Mexico) |
to miss |
| echar a perder |
to ruin, spoil |
| echar a uno a un lado |
to push someone aside |
| echar abajo |
to pull down, demolish; to overthrow |
| echar algo de sí |
to get rid of something |
| echar atrás a la multitude |
to push the crowd back |
| echar chispas |
to be/become angry |
| echar de menos |
to miss |
| echar el cuerpo atrás |
to lean backward |
| echar flores |
to flatter, sweet-talk |
| echar la bronca a uno |
to give someone a dressing down |
| echar la cuenta |
to make up, balance |
| echar la culpa |
to blame |
| echar la llave |
to turn the key |
| echar los frenos |
to brake |
| echar maldiciones |
to mutter curses |
| echar pelo |
to grow hair |
| echar por una calle |
to go down a street |
| echar por una dirección |
to go/turn in a direction |
| echar sangre |
to shed blood |
| echar una carta |
to mail a letter |
| echar un discurso |
to give/deliver a speech |
| echar una reprimenda |
to reprimand |
| echarla de |
to pose as, claim to be |
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| ¡Echa para adelante! |
Lead the way! |
| Echemos por aquí |
Let's go this way |
| Es un olor que echa para atrás |
(inf) |
It's a smell that knocks you back. |
| ¿Qué echan? |
What's showing/playing? |
| ¡Que le echen fuera! |
Throw him out! |
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| echarse |
to lie down |
| echarse a |
to start to |
| echarse encima algo |
(Mexico) |
to take responsibility for s.t. |
| echarse encima a uno |
(Mexico) |
to alienate someone |
| echarse sobre uno |
to rush at/fall on someone |
| echarse un trago |
to have a drink |
| echárselas de |
to consider oneself as, boast about being |
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Echar is a regular -AR verb
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