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
Synonyms
hacer salir
Translations
werfen
jeter
gettare
tirar
lançar
atmak
werpenFrequency
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, French jeter, and, more distantly, English jet and jut.
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