echar
Meaning
- (transitive) to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air)
- (transitive) to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container)
- (transitive) to put in, add
- (transitive) to let out
- (transitive) to discharge
- (transitive) to dump
- (transitive) to emit, give off, send out
- (transitive) to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove)
- (transitive) to expel (to remove from membership)
- (transitive) to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment)
- (transitive) to play (to participate in a sport)
- (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
- (transitive) to take, have (a look at)
- (transitive) to mail, post (to send through the mail/post)
- (transitive) to give, bestow (a blessing); to put (a curse) on
- (transitive) to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt)
- (intransitive) to start off, begin
- (reflexive) to throw oneself
- (reflexive) to lie down (to assume a reclining position)
- (reflexive) to put on
- (reflexive) to begin
- (reflexive) to sit on eggs
- (reflexive) to give in, to yield
- (Andalusia, reflexive) to take a nap, to sleep
Concepts
separate out
slap on
expe
make leave
make redundant
see echar abajo
see echar de menos
send packing
toss away
throw stones
wave aside
slam on
terminate agreement
be given the boot
be given one's cards
be given the elbow
fling away
give the sack
Synonyms
hacer salir
condenar al ostracismo
vahear
vertir
echar piedras
fundir metales
fundir y vaciar metales
obligar a salir
botar a los animales
despedir del empleo
echar afuera
echar o sacar fuera
sacar el ganado al campo
hacer partir
dar aviso
dejar cesante
espachar
enviar a paseo
acordar por deliberar
avergonzar a otro
avahar aposento
afear o estragar lo hermoso
Frequency
Hyphenated as
e‧char
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eˈt͡ʃaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre. Doublet of the borrowing jactar. Cognate with Galician xeitar and, more distantly, English jet and jut.
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