ayo cacho que te echan la culpa de todo.

Question

actually this thread by someone else yesterday, but the quesion I asked is not yet replied, so I would like someone who can explain me why use "echan", per what people said here, this setence mean " I understand that you are to blame everything ", to be honestly, I cannot undertsand so clearly. it will be highly appreciated if someone can explain me the structure.

Answer 1

The English verb "to blame" is a verb+noun phrase in Spanish: echarle la culpa (a alguien). Literally, to throw the blame on someone.

Answer 2

so in this way, tu echas la culpa ( a alguien), right? ok, maybe should be "culpa de todo te echan/ echante", ? I am sorry, my gramar knowledge is very limited, perdoname.

James Santiago said:

The English verb "to blame" is a verb+noun phrase in Spanish: echarle la culpa (a alguien). Literally, to throw the blame on someone.

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Answer 3

Yes, your first version is correct. Echan is the third-person plural (they blame).

Answer 4

culpa de todo te echan

This sentence is just the other way round, so to speak:

te echan la culpa de todo

This would be a more logical word order.

Answer 5

one colomibia friend told me that people in colombia seldom use the word "cacho" , even in latin american.

Answer 6

ZVB said:

echar means to throw something but i wouldn't translate it so literally. I would say the phrase means "I see that they blame you of everything".

This has been explained at length in yesterday's thread.

You're right, "echar" means to throw, ie: in this context, to throw/put the blame on someone.

"cachar" means to understand/to get it, it is a verb widely used in Chile.