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echar (conjugate⇒) verbo transitivo

1. 1. (lanzar, tirar) to throw;
    lo eché a la basura I threw it out o away;
    echó la moneda al aire he tossed the coin;
    ~on el ancla/la red they cast anchor/their net;
    echó la cabeza hacia atrás she threw her head back;
    ~ algo a perder to ruin sth;
    ~ de menos algo/a algn to miss sth/sb
  1. echar abajo ‹edificio› to pull down;
    ‹gobierno› to bring down;
    ‹proyecto› to destroy;
    ‹esperanzas› to dash;
    ‹moral› to undermine;
    ‹puerta/valla› to break … down
1. (expulsar) ‹persona› (de trabajo) to fire (colloq), to sack (BrE colloq);
  (de bar, casa) to throw … out;
  (de colegio) to expel
1. ‹carta› to mail (AmE), to post (BrE)
1. 1. (pasar, correr) ‹cortinas› to pull, draw;
    échale (la) llave lock it;
    ¿echaste el cerrojo? did you bolt the door?
  1. (mover): lo echó para atrás/a un lado she pushed (o moved etc) it backward(s)/to one side
1. 1. (expeler, despedir) ‹olor/humo/chispas› to give off
  1. (producir) ‹hojas› to sprout;
    ya está echando flores it's flowering already

1. 1. (poner) ‹leña/carbón› to put;
    ‹gasolina› to put in;
    ¿le echas azúcar al café? do you take sugar in your coffee?
  1. (servir, dar) to give;
    échame un poco de vino can you give me a little wine?
  1. ‹trago› to have
1. 1. ‹sermón/discurso› (fam) (+ me/te/le etc) to give;
    le echó una maldición she put a curse on him
  1. (fam) ‹condena/multa› (+ me/te/le etc) to give;
    ~le la culpa a algn to put o lay the blame on sb
1. (fam) (calcular) (+ me/te/le etc): ¿cuántos años me echas? how old do you think I am?;
  de aquí a tu casa échale una hora it's o it takes about an hour from here to your house
1. (Esp fam) (dar, exhibir) ‹programa/película› to show

echarse verbo pronominal

1. (tirarse, arrojarse) to throw oneself;
  me eché al suelo I threw myself to the ground;
  ~se de cabeza al agua to dive into the water;
  ~se a perder [comida] to go bad, go off (BrE);
  [cosecha/proyecto/plan] to be ruined
1. (tumbarse, acostarse) to lie down
1. (apartarse, moverse) (+ compl): se echó a un lado she moved to one side;
  échate un poco para allá move over that way a bit;
  ~se atrás to back out

1. (ponerse) ‹crema/bronceador› to put on
1. ‹cigarillo› to have
1. (Esp fam) ‹novio/novia›: se ha echado novia he's found o got himself a girlfriend
1. (Méx fam) (beberse) to drink

(Méx fam) (romper) to break

(Col fam) (tardar) ‹horas/días› to take

(empezar) ~se a to start o begin to, start o begin;
se echó a correr he started to run o started running;
las palomas se ~on a volar the doves flew off

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echar
I verbo transitivo
1 (por el aire) to throw: ¡echa la pelota!, throw us the ball
2 (añadir) to put
(una bebida) to pour
(gasolina) to put petrol (in the car): échale más agua al caldo, put more water in the soup
3 (despedir: humo, olor) to give off: este motor echa chispas, there are sparks coming out of this engine
(del trabajo) to sack, fire
(obligar a salir) to throw out: le echaron del instituto, they expelled him from school
4 (calcular subjetivamente) to reckon: le echó más años, he thought she was older
5 fam (un espectáculo) to show
6 (derribar) echar abajo, (edificio) to demolish
7 (+ sustantivo) figurado échale una ojeada a esto, have a look at this
figurado echarle una mano a alguien, to give sb a hand
8 echar de menos o en falta, to miss ➣ Ver nota en miss
II vi (+ a + infinitivo) (empezar) to begin to: echó a andar, she started to walk
de repente echó a correr, she suddenly started to run

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añorar - balón - bautizar - borda - botar - bronca - buenaventura - cabezada - campana - cana - capote - cara - cierre - correo - extrañar - falta - guante - jarra - jarro - leña - mano - mirada - ojo - olvidarse - papilla - película - perder - peste - polvo - pulso - resto - saco - salar - sapo - siesta - sortear - suerte - tierra - tirar - vista - vistazo - amarra - ancla - barriga - basura - brote - buzón - calle - carta - casa

English:

anchor - arm wrestle - belch - blame - boot - boot out - brake - browse - bud - cast - catapult - chase away - chuck out - demolish - dip into - discharge - door - doze - draw - evict - explode - eye - fill out - fire - forget - froth - fuel - fume - glance down - glance round - hair - hex - jettison - kick out - lace - launch - lay - lend - lie down - lock up - look - lot - mail - miss - muck up - peep - post - puff - pull apart - put

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