eco
eco
∗eco
masculine noun
1echo (de sonido)
- en este patio hay eco -> there's an echo in this courtyard
- oímos el eco de sus voces -> we heard the echo of their voices
- hacerse eco de algo -> to report something; (dar noticia) to echo something (repetir)
- tener eco (figurative) -> to arouse interest
2rumor (rumor)
- el eco lejano de los tambores -> the distant sound of the drums
- aún resuenan los ecos del escándalo -> the scandal still hasn't quite died down
- ecos de sociedad -> society column, gossip column
feminine noun
3(ultrasound) scan (informal) (ecografía)
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eco [ay'-co]
noun
1Echo. (m)
2The repetition of the last syllables of verse.
3A confused remembrance or idea of the past.
4Hole or hollow in a horse's sole, occasioned by a frush or other humor.
- Hacer eco -> to accord, to agree; to do something great or notable
- Hacerse eco de una opinión -> to echo an opinion
- Encontrar un eco -> to produce a response
Hacer eco, to echo.
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