echar

• char (interchangeable)
• eichar (Western Asturias)
• etsar (Quirós)
• ichar (Cunqueiru)

From Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre. Probably borrowed 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/ [eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: 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

   Synonyms: devolver, gomitar

4. to emit

   Esa flor echa muncha grana

   That flower emits a lot of pollen

5. to kick out, expel

   Synonyms: espulsar, botar

   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

17. to hold mass

    Charon una misa pol padre

    They held a mass in honour of the father

18. to hunt an animal

• ichar (Monastir, Sarajevo)

echar

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

   Echa los dados.

   Throw the dice.

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

   Echó el agua fuera del vaso.

   He poured the water outside the glass.

3. (transitive) to put in, add

   Yo le echo aceite a la ensalada.

   I add oil to the salad.

4. (transitive) to let out

   Échalo todo.

   Let it all out.

5. (transitive) to discharge
6. (transitive) to dump
7. (transitive) to emit, give off, send out

   Ese animal es extraño. Echa luz cuando se siente atacado.

   That animal is weird. It gives off light when it feels attacked.

8. (transitive) to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove)

   Me echaron de la fiesta.

   They kicked me out of the party.

9. (transitive) to expel (to remove from membership)

   Te vamos a echar del club de lectura.

   We're going to expel you from the reading club.

10. (transitive) to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment)

    Al pobre lo han echado del trabajo.

    They fired the poor thing from work.

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)

    Échale un ojo.

    Take a look at it.

14. (transitive) to mail, post (to send through the mail/post)
15. (transitive) to give, bestow (a blessing); to put (a curse) on

    Esa mujer me echó un mal de ojo.

    That woman gave me the evil eye.

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)

    Estaba muy cansada, así que me eché en el sofa.

    I was very tired, so I lay down on the couch.

20. (reflexive) to put on

    Échate crema solar cuando vayas a la playa.

    Put sunscreen on when you go to the beach.

21. (reflexive) to begin

    Se echó a llorar.

    He began to cry.

22. (reflexive, of birds) to sit on eggs
23. (reflexive) to give in, to yield
24. (reflexive, Andalusia) to take a nap, to sleep

    Cuando llegue a casa me voy a echar una siesta que no veas.

    When I get home I'm going to take a nap you couldn't even imagine.

    Deberías echarte un rato que te veo cansado.

    You should sleep for a while. You look tired

• → Tagalog: itsa

• “echar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “echar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010