echo [ˈekəʊ]
echo [ˈekəʊ]
sustantivo (pl echoes)
1eco (m) (also sentido figurado)
verbo transitivo
2repetir, hacerse eco de (opinion, words)
verbo intransitivo
3resonar (with con)
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echo [e-kou]
sustantivo
1Eco.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Resonar, formar eco, repetir (footsteps, voices). (n)
- The room echoed with/to the sound of laughter -> la sala resonaba o retumbaba con risas
2Repercutir la voz o rechazarla (repeat).
- To echo somebody’s words -> repetir las palabras de alguien
3Hacerse eco de (express agreement with/opinion, criticism).
va.
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Verb Conjugation for "echo"
Imperative
- echo
- you echo
- he/she echoes
- we echo
- you echo
- they echo
Preterite
- I echoed
- you echoed
- he/she echoed
- we echoed
- you echoed
- they echoed
Present Continuous
- I am echoing
- you are echoing
- he/she is echoing
- we are echoing
- you are echoing
- they are echoing
Present Perfect
- I have echoed
- you have echoed
- he/she has echoed
- we have echoed
- you have echoed
- they have echoed
Past Continuous
- I was echoing
- you were echoing
- he/she was echoing
- we were echoing
- you were echoing
- they were echoing
Past Perfect
- I had echoed
- you had echoed
- he/she had echoed
- we had echoed
- you had echoed
- they had echoed
Future
- I will echo
- you will echo
- he/she will echo
- we will echo
- you will echo
- they will echo
Future Perfect
- I will have echoed
- you will have echoed
- he/she will have echoed
- we will have echoed
- you will have echoed
- they will have echoed
Future Continuous
- I will be echoing
- you will be echoing
- he/she will be echoing
- we will be echoing
- you will be echoing
- they will be echoing
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been echoing
- you have been echoing
- he/she has been echoing
- we have been echoing
- you have been echoing
- they have been echoing
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been echoing
- you will have been echoing
- he/she will have been echoing
- we will have been echoing
- you will have been echoing
- they will have been echoing
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been echoing
- you had been echoing
- he/she had been echoing
- we had been echoing
- you had been echoing
- they had been echoing
echar
transitive verb
1
to throw
(tirar)
; to cast
(red)
- echar algo a la basura -> to throw something in the bin
2
to put
(meter)
- echa esos pantalones a la lavadora -> put those trousers in the washing machine
3
to pour
(añadir) (vino, agua)
(a o en into); to add sth
(a o en to)
- échame más zumo, por favor (sal, azúcar) -> could you pour me some more juice, please?
4
to give
(decir) (discurso)
; to dish out
(reprimenda)
5
to post
(carta, postal)
, to mail (United States)
- echar algo al correo -> to put something in the post, to post something , to mail something (United States)
6
to give off, to emit
(humo, vapor, chispas)
- está que echa humo (informal figurative) -> she's fuming
7
to sprout, to shoot
(hojas, flores)
8
(expulsar)
- echar a alguien (de) -> to throw somebody out (of)
- le han echado del partido -> he's been expelled from the party
9
(despedir)
- echar a alguien (de) -> to sack somebody (from)
- ¡que lo echen! -> sack him!, kick him out!
10
(accionar)
- echar la llave/el cerrojo -> to lock/bolt the door
- echar el freno -> to brake, to put the brakes on
11
to lie (down)
(acostar)
12
(calcular)
- ¿cuántos años le echas? -> how old do you reckon he is?
- siempre me echan años de menos -> people always think I'm younger than I really am
13
(informal)
- ¿qué echan esta noche en la tele? -> what's on telly tonight? (peninsular Spanish)
14
to tell
(buenaventura)
- echar las cartas (a alguien) -> to read somebody's fortune (in cards)
15
(expresiones)
- echar abajo -> to pull down, to demolish; (edificio) to bring down; (gobierno) to ruin (proyecto)
- echar a perder -> to ruin; (vestido, alimentos, plan) to waste (ocasión)
- echar de menos -> to miss
intransitive verb
16
(encaminarse)
- echar por la calle arriba -> to go o head up the street
17
(empezar)
- echar a andar -> to set off
- echar a correr -> to break into a run
- echar a llorar -> to burst into tears
- echar a reír -> to burst out laughing
echarse
pronomial verb
1
(lanzarse)
- echarse al suelo -> to throw oneself on the floor
- se echó a sus brazos -> she threw herself into his arms
2
to lie down
(acostarse)
- me voy a echar un rato -> I'm going to have a nap
- echarse a dormir -> to go to bed (acostarse)
3
(empezar)
- echarse a hacer algo -> to begin to do something, to start doing something
- se echó a cantar/reír -> he burst into song/laughter
4
(apartarse)
- echarse a un lado -> to move aside
- echarse atrás (figurative) -> to back out
5
(obtener)
- echarse (un) novio -> to get oneself a boyfriend
also:
- echarse a perder -> to go off, to spoil; (comida) to fall through (plan)
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echar [ay-char']
article & verb transitive
1
To cast, to throw, to dart, to jet.
2
To turn or drive away, to eject, to reject, to cast away, to throw out or expel from an office or profession.
3
To shoot, to bud, to issue, to sprout, to burst out.
4
To put, to apply.
5
To lay on or impose as a tax.
6
(coll.) To eat, to drink.
7
To couple male and female animals for procreating.
8
To impute, to ascribe.
9
To perform for a wager.
10
To deal out, to distribute.
11
To publish, to give out, to issue.
12
With por and the name of a calling, to follow it.
13
With the words rayos, centellas, fuego, etc., to show much annoyance, to be very angry.
14
With the name of a punishment, to condemn to it.
15
With the infinitive of a verb and the preposition a, it signifies to begin the action denoted by the verb.
- Echar a reír -> to burst out laughing
16
Echar por, to go by one side or the other.
17
Speaking of horses, coaches, clothing, to use them, put into service.
- Echar carnes -> to become fat
- Echar por otra parte -> to differ in opinions from another
- Echar de menos -> to miss
- Echar a perder -> to lose its good taste, to spoil
- Echar fuego -> to be the cause of a dispute
- Echar los hígados -> to be very much fatigued
- Echar a alguno a patadas -> to kick one out
- Echar al camino -> to take to the road, to become a highway robber
- Echar a fondo or a pique -> (Naut.) to sink a vessel
- Echar abajo, en tierra, por tierra or por el suelo -> to throw down, to demolish
- Echar el agua a un niño -> to baptize a child
- Echar en saco roto -> (Met.) to labor to no purpose, not to follow one's advice
- Echar de menos una persona o cosas -> to miss a person or thing
- Echar a uno la pierna encima -> to surpass or outshine a person
- Echar tierra a alguna cosa -> to bury an affair in oblivion
- Echar al mundo -> to create, to bring forth
- Echar mano -> to give assistance
- Echar a uno a pasear -> to send one abruptly about his business
- Echar suertes -> to draw lots
- Echar a correr -> to run away
- Echar en cara, a la cara or en la cara -> to reproach to one's face, to throw something in one's teeth
- Echar la ley a uno -> to judge and condemn a person to the utmost rigor of the law
- Echar a perder -> to spoil, to mar, not to utilize a thing
- Echarlo todo a rodar -> to spoil or mar utterly an affair
- Echar mano -> to lay hold of a thing; to make use of it, to seize, to catch
- Echar por en medio -> to cut short any difference
- Echar el pie adelante -> (Met.) to progress, to be foremost
- Echar el pie atrás -> to retrograde, to be last
- Echar una mano -> to lend a hand, to assist
- Echar un jarro de agua -> (Met.) to cut short a person's discourse, or throw a damper on it by an unexpected dry remark
- Echa -> or echarse un borrón, (Met.) to disgrace oneself
- Echar el guante -> to arrest a person
- Echar en tierra -> (Naut.) to land, to disembark
- Echar raíces -> a) to take root. b) to become fixed or established in a place. c) to be rooted or confirmed in something by inveterate habit or custom
verb reflexive
18
To lie, to rest, to stretch oneself to full length; of birds, to sit on eggs.
19
To throw oneself down.
20
To apply oneself to a business.
21
To yield, to desist; of the wind, to grow calm, to abate.
- Echarse un pitillo -> to have a smoke
- Echarse una siestecita -> to have a doze
- Echarse atrás -> to throw oneself back
- Echarse en brazos de uno -> to throw oneself into somebody's arms
- Echárselas de -> to boast of
The verb echar is well described by a Spanish lexicographer as a verb of general utility. It serves frequently to assist the meaning of another verb, and enters into many phrases.
echar
Para las expresiones echar abajo, echar en cara, echar la culpa, echar en falta, echar de menos, echar a perder, echar raíces, echar a suertes, ver la otra entrada.
echar abajoechar en caraechar la culpaechar en faltaechar de menosechar a perderechar raícesechar a suertesverbo:transitivo
1 (tirar) [+pelota, piedra, dados] to throw; [+basura] to throw away; [+ancla, red] to cast; [+moneda al aire] to toss [+mirada] to cast; give; [+naipe] to deal
échame las llaves throw me the keys; échalo a la basura throw it away; ¿qué te han echado los Reyes? what did you get for Christmas?
echarlas (S. Cone) (familiar) to leg it; (familiar) scarper; (familiar)
2 (poner) to put
echar carbón a la lumbre to put coal on the fire; he echado otra manta en la cama I've put another blanket on the bed; ¿te echo mantequilla en el pan? shall I put some butter on your bread?; échale un poco de azúcar a la mezcla add a little sugar to the mixture
tengo que echar gasolinagasolina I need to fill up (with petrol)
3 (verter) to pour
echó un poco de vino en un vaso he poured some wine into a glass; echar cera en un molde to pour wax into a mould
4 (servir) [+bebida] to pour; [+comida] to give
échame agua could you give pour me some water?;o ¿te echo más whisky? shall I pour you some more whisky?; no me eches tanto don't give me so much
tengo que echar de comer a los animalescomer I have to feed the animals
lo que le echen
resiste lo que le echen she can take whatever they throw at her
5 (dejar salir)
la chimenea echa humo smoke is coming out of the chimney; ¡qué peste echan tus zapatos! (familiar) your shoes stink to high heaven!; (familiar)
6 (expulsar) (de casa, bar, tienda, club) to throw out; (del trabajo) to fire; (familiar) sack; (familiar) (de colegio) to expel
cuando protesté me echaron when I protested they threw me out; me echó de su casa he threw me out of his house; lo han echado del colegio he's been expelled from school; la echaron del trabajo she's been fired sacked;o (familiar)
echar algo de sí to get rid of sth; throw sth off
7 (producir) [+dientes] to cut; [+hojas] to sprout
está empezando a echar barriga he's starting to get a bit of a belly paunch;o ¡vaya mal genio que has echado últimamente! you've become got really bad-tempered recently!;o
8 (cerrar)
echar la llave/el cerrojo to lock/bolt the door; echar el freno to brake
echa la persiana can you draw the blinds?
9 (mover) [+parte del cuerpo]
echar la cabeza a un lado to tilt cock one's head to one side;o echar el cuerpo hacia atrás to lean back
(empujando) to push echar a algn a un lado to push sb aside; echar atrás a la multitud to push the crowd back
10 (enviar) [+carta] to post; mail; (EEUU)
eché la carta en el buzón I posted the letter; ¿dónde puedo echar esta postal? where can I post this postcard?
11 (calcular) to reckon
¿cuántos kilos le echas? how much do you think reckon she weighs?;o ¿cuántos años le echas? how old do you think reckon he is?;o échale una hora andando you can reckon on it taking you an hour if you walk
12 (dar) [+discurso] to give; make
echar maldiciones to curse; echar una reprimenda a algn to tick sb off; give sb a ticking-off; he ido a que me echen las cartas I've had my cards read
13 (con sustantivos que implican acciones) [+trago, partida] to have
¿echamos un café? shall we have a coffee?; salió al balcón a echar un cigarrillo he went out onto the balcony for a smoke cigarette;o
echar una multa a algn to fine sb; give sb a fine
14 [+tiempo]
hay que echarle muchas horas it takes a long time; de jóvenes nos echábamos nuestros buenos ratos de charla we used to spend a lot of time talking when we were younger; esta semana he echado cuatro horas extras I did four hours overtime this week
15 (familiar) (en cine, televisión) to show
echaron un programa sobre Einstein there was a programme about Einstein on; they showed a programme about Einstein; ¿qué echan en el cine? what's on at the cinema?
verbo:intransitivo
(tirar) ¡echa para adelante!para lead on!
ahora tienes que echar para adelante y olvidarte del pasado you need to get on with your life and forget about the past; es un olor que echa para atrás (familiar) it's a smell that really knocks you back; (familiar) echa para allá move up
echar por una callepor to go down a street
echemos por aquí let's go this way
echar a (+ infin)+ infin
echar a correr to break into a run; start running; echar a reír to burst out laughing; start laughing
verbo:pronominal
echarse1 (lanzarse) to throw o.s.
echarse en brazos de algn to throw o.s. into sb's arms; los niños se echaron al agua the children jumped into the water
echarse sobre algn (gen) to hurl o.s. at sb; rush at sb; (atacando) to fall on sb
2 (acostarse) to lie down
voy a echarme un rato I'm going to lie down for a bit; me eché en el sofá y me quedé dormido I lay down stretched out on the sofa and fell asleep;o se echó en el suelo he lay down on the floor
3 (moverse)
échate un poco para la izquierda move a bit to the left; me tuve que echar a la derecha para que adelantara I had to pull over to the right to let him overtake
echarse atrásatrás to throw o.s. back(wards); move back(wards); to back out
¡échense para atrás! move back!
4 (ponerse)
se echó laca en el pelo she put some hairspray on
se echó una manta por las piernas she put a blanket over her legs
echarse a (+ infin)+ infin
se echó a correr she broke into a run; she started running
5 (uso enfático)
echarse una novia to get o.s. a girlfriend; echarse un pitillo to have a cigarette smoke;o echarse una siestecita to have a nap; echarse un trago to have a drink
6
echárselas dede to make o.s. out to be
se las echa de experto he makes himself out to be an expert
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Verb Conjugation for "echar"
| Presente | Pretérito | Imperfect | Futuro | Subjuntivo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | echo | eché | echaba | echaré | eche |
| Tú | echas | echaste | echabas | echarás | eches |
| Ella/Él/Usted | echa | echó | echaba | echará | eche |
| Nosotros | echamos | echamos | echábamos | echaremos | echemos |
| Vosotros | echáis | echasteis | echabais | echaréis | echéis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | echan | echaron | echaban | echarán | echen |
