I am confused. My dictionary and a friend say "hechar de menos" but another friend says "echar de menos". Which is correct?

Question

I am confused. My dad's dictionary from 1979 says that to miss/long for is "hechar de menos" but a friend says "hecar" does not exist. When I wrote "echar de menos" I was told that it is "hechar". Now I am confused. Which is correct and why?

Nandi

Answer 1

It is echar de menos=to miss

see definition 17 towards bottom of page

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