echar

Inherited from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre, probably via Spanish echar since it's present also in Western dialects (where *xeitar would be the expected result). Doublet of axeitar, formed from xeitu, western result of Latin iactus

• IPA^(key): /eˈt͡ʃaɾ/, [eˈt͡ɕaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: e‧char

echar (first-person singular indicative present echo, past participle echáu)

1. to throw

   Synonyms: llanzar, aventar

2. to throw out, throw away

   Synonym: tirar

3. to throw up, vomit

   Synonym: devolver

4. to emit

   Esa flor echa muncha grana

   That flower emits a lot of pollen

5. to kick out, expel

   Synonym: espulsar

   Echáronlu de la escuela

   They expelled him from the school

6. to send (someone or something in a direction)

   Synonym: empobinar

   Echáronlu pa la ciudá cola caxa

   They sent him to the city with the box

7. to sprout

   Synonyms: biltar, campiar

   Los praos echen agora de primavera

   The fields sprout now that it is spring

8. to serve food

   Nun m'eches más pote

   Don't serve me more stew

9. to lay down, put to sleep

   Echólu na cama

   He/She laid him down in bed

10. to play

    Synonym: xugar

    ¿Echamos una (partida)?

    Want to play a (game)?

    Echaron una bona partida ayeri

    They played a good game yesterday

11. to sow, plant

    Synonym: semar

    Esti añu echaron fabes tamién

    This year they sowed beans as well

12. to guess, calculate

    Synonym: abarruntar

    ¿Cuantos años-y eches?

    How many years do you guess (he/she is)?

    ¿Cuanto eches que tien dientro'l bolsu?

    How much do you guess she/he has inside her/his pocket?

13. to spend, use money

    Synonym: gastar

    Valte más echar les perres en chicolate

    It's better if you spend the money in chocolate

14. to prepare (a meal or clothes) for someone who departs

    Échame los pantalones azules que voi a trabayar

    Prepare the blue jeans for me, I'm leaving for work

    Échame la merienda que marcho

    Prepare a meal for me, I'm leaving

15. to put on, play (a film or TV show)

    Tan echando un nuevu programa nesta canal

    They are putting on a new show on this channel

16. to forget, to get out of one's head

    Synonyms: posar, escaecer

    Nun soi a echar lo que mi dixo

    I can't forget what he/she said to me

echar (Latin spelling)

1. to throw
2. to put to bed

• echarse

Inherited from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre. Doublet of the borrowing jactar. Cognate with Galician xeitar and, more distantly, English jet and jut.

• IPA^(key): /eˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [eˈt͡ʃaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧char

echar (first-person singular present echo, first-person singular preterite eché, past participle echado)

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

   Synonym: tirar

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)

    Echamos un partido.

    We're playing a match.

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, of birds) to sit on eggs
23. (reflexive) to give in, to yield

• → Tagalog: itsa

• “echar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014