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echar.

to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/eˈt͡ʃaɾ/[eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  1. to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air)

    transitive
    Echa los dados.
  2. to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container)

    transitive
    Echó el agua fuera del vaso.
  3. to put in, add

    transitive
    Yo le echo aceite a la ensalada.
  4. to let out

    transitive
    Échalo todo.
  5. to discharge

    transitive
  6. to dump

    transitive
  7. to emit, give off, send out

    transitive
    Ese animal es extraño. Echa luz cuando se siente atacado.
  8. to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove)

    transitive
    Me echaron de la fiesta.
  9. to expel (to remove from membership)

    transitive
    Te vamos a echar del club de lectura.
  10. to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment)

    transitive
    Al pobre lo han echado del trabajo.
  11. to play (to participate in a sport)

    transitive
    Echamos un partido.
  12. to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)

    transitive
  13. to take, have (a look at)

    transitive
    Échale un ojo.
  14. to mail, post (to send through the mail/post)

    transitive
  15. to give, bestow (a blessing); to put (a curse) on

    transitive
    Esa mujer me echó un mal de ojo.
  16. to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt)

    transitive
  17. to start off, begin

    intransitive
  18. to throw oneself

    reflexive
  19. to lie down (to assume a reclining position)

    reflexive
    Estaba muy cansada, así que me eché en el sofa.
  20. to put on

    reflexive
    Échate crema solar cuando vayas a la playa.
  21. to begin

    reflexive · sometimes
    Se echó a llorar.
    Eché a correr.
  22. to sit on eggs

    reflexive
  23. to give in, to yield

    reflexive
  24. to take (a nap)

    Spain · reflexive
    Cuando llegue a casa me voy a echar una siesta que no veas.
  25. lie, lie down (on a bed, etc.)

    Spain · reflexive
  26. sleep, take a nap

    Spain · broadly · reflexive
    Deberías echarte un rato que te veo cansado.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Classical Latin iactō Early Medieval Latin iectō Old Spanish echar Spanish echar Inherited from Old Spanish echar, from Early Medieval Latin iectāre, from Classical Latin iactāre. Doublet of the borrowing jactar. Cognate with Catalan gitar, Galician xeitar, French jeter, Portuguese jeito, and Sicilian jittari; alongside more distantly English jet and jut.

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