echar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air)
  2. (transitive) to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container)
  3. (transitive) to put in, add
  4. (transitive) to let out
  5. (transitive) to discharge
  6. (transitive) to dump
  7. (transitive) to emit, give off, send out
  8. (transitive) to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove)
  9. (transitive) to expel (to remove from membership)
  10. (transitive) to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment)
  11. (transitive) to play (to participate in a sport)
  12. (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
  13. (transitive) to take, have (a look at)
  14. (transitive) to mail, post (to send through the mail/post)
  15. (transitive) to give, bestow (a blessing); to put (a curse) on
  16. (transitive) to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt)
  17. (intransitive) to start off, begin
  18. (reflexive) to throw oneself
  19. (reflexive) to lie down (to assume a reclining position)
  20. (reflexive) to put on
  21. (reflexive) to begin
  22. (reflexive) to sit on eggs
  23. (reflexive) to give in, to yield
  24. (Andalusia,reflexive) to take a nap, to sleep

Concepts

throw

fire

toss

cast

pitch

pour

throw out

dismiss

throw away

fling

pour out

eject

sack

chuck out

send away

kick out

tip

turn out

can

dump

heave

discharge

cast out

force out

discard

dispose

spit

scatter

shed

lay

chuck

add

drop

evacuate

refuse

jettison

chase away

boot out

exclude

flip

terminate

turf out

miss

send

banish

expel

spit up

contemplate

design

plan

project

impose

levy

emit

expe

give off

see echar abajo

see echar de menos

put

shoot

spout

strike

throw up

blow

dash

launch

throw stones

spill

waste

decant

take out

vacate

reject

abandon

leave

drive off

splash

do without

sell

sling

seat

set

make

spread

empty

void

approximate

estimate

gauge

guess

judge

warn

mail

post

give

draw

retire

strike out

clap on

slam on

slap on

sky

direct

effuse

cast aside

cast away

put away

toss away

toss out

displace

give notice

give the axe

give the sack

clean out

send packing

run off

drive

dodge

dip

resort

shatter

debunk

spark

decline

disallow

disavow

rebut

refute

relay

repress

repulse

resend

shun

spurn

withhold

disemploy

let go

make redundant

terminate agreement

be given the boot

be given one's cards

be given the elbow

wave aside

make leave

remove

disgorge

drive out

egest

ostracise

ostracize

send down

separate out

shut out

86

fling away

sluff

ship out

throws

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
e‧char
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eˈt͡ʃaɾ/
Etymology

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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