echar
Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]echar (first-person singular indicative present echo, past participle echáu)
- to throw
- to throw out, throw away
- Synonym: tirar
- to throw up, vomit
- to emit
- Esa flor echa muncha grana
- That flower emits a lot of pollen
- to kick out, expel
- 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
- to sprout
- to serve food
- Nun m'eches más pote
- Don't serve me more stew
- to lay down, put to sleep
- Echólu na cama
- He/She laid him down in bed
- to play
- Synonym: xugar
- ¿Echamos una (partida)?
- Want to play a (game)?
- Echaron una bona partida ayeri
- They played a good game yesterday
- to sow, plant
- Synonym: semar
- Esti añu echaron fabes tamién
- This year they sowed beans as well
- 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?
- to spend, use money
- Synonym: gastar
- Valte más echar les perres en chicolate
- It's better if you spend the money in chocolate
- 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
- 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
- to forget, to get out of one's head
- to hold mass
- Charon una misa pol padre
- They held a mass in honour of the father
- to hunt an animal
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | echar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | echando | ||||||
| past participle | m echáu, f echada, n echao, m pl echaos, f pl echaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | echo | eches | echa | echamos | echáis | echen |
| imperfect | echaba | echabes | echaba | echábemos, echábamos | echabeis, echabais | echaben | |
| preterite | eché | echasti, echesti | echó | echemos | echastis, echestis | echaron | |
| pluperfect | echare, echara | echares, echaras | echare, echara | echáremos, echáramos | echareis, echarais | echaren, echaran | |
| future | echaré | echarás | echará | echaremos | echaréis | echarán | |
| conditional | echaría | echaríes | echaría | echaríemos, echaríamos | echaríeis, echaríais | echaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | eche | eches, echas | eche | echemos | echéis | echen, echan |
| imperfect | echare, echara | echares, echaras | echare, echara | echáremos, echáramos | echareis, echarais | echaren, echaran | |
| imperative | — | echa | — | — | echái | — | |
Derived terms
[edit]- echar a cuayu
- echar a dites
- echar a la cai
- echar a les costielles
- echar a perder
- echar a riegu
- echar a rodar
- echar a voces
- echar agua n'un cestu rotu
- echar al agua
- echar al aire
- echar andar
- echar cagamentos
- echar cuadrantes
- echar cuentes
- echar cuentu
- echar culiebres pela boca
- echar de menos
- echar de ver
- echar el carru
- echar el fégado
- echar el lloriu
- echar el perru
- echar el xatu
- echar en falta
- echar farres
- echar flores
- echar l'agua
- echar l'albarda
- echar la llingua a pacer
- echar la oración
- echar la pandorga
- echar les asadures
- echar les uñes
- echar lleña al fueu
- echar mano
- echar pan al perru pa que nun muerda
- echar per
- echar tiempu
- echar tres
- echar un bucáu
- echar un pigazu
- echar un ratáu
- echar una
- echar una gabita
- echar una güeyada
- echar una mano
- echar vueltes
- echase al monte
- echase al mínimu
- echase les uñes
- echáu
- echáu p'alantre
- vete echate
- vete una ratada
Further reading
[edit]- “echar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “echar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Ladino
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ichar (Monastir, Sarajevo)
Verb
[edit]echar
- to throw
- to put to bed
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre. Doublet of the borrowing jactar. Cognate with Galician xeitar, French jeter, Sicilian jittari ~ jiccari, Portuguese jeito, and, more distantly, English jet and jut.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]echar (first-person singular present echo, first-person singular preterite eché, past participle echado)
- (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.
- (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.
- (transitive) to put in, add
- Yo le echo aceite a la ensalada.
- I add oil to the salad.
- (transitive) to let out
- Échalo todo.
- Let it all out.
- (transitive) to discharge
- (transitive) to dump
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (transitive) to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment)
- Al pobre lo han echado del trabajo.
- They fired the poor thing from work.
- (transitive) to play (to participate in a sport)
- Echamos un partido.
- We're playing a match.
- (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
- (transitive) to take, have (a look at)
- Échale un ojo.
- Take a look at it.
- (transitive) to mail, post (to send through the mail/post)
- (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.
- (transitive) to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt)
- (intransitive) to start off, begin
- (reflexive) to throw oneself
- (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.
- (reflexive) to put on
- Échate crema solar cuando vayas a la playa.
- Put sunscreen on when you go to the beach.
- (sometimes reflexive) to begin
- (reflexive, of birds) to sit on eggs
- (reflexive) to give in, to yield
- (reflexive, Spain) to take (a nap)
- Synonym: dormir (la/una siesta)
- Cuando llegue a casa me voy a echar una siesta que no veas.
- When I get home I'm going to take a nap so fat you couldn't even imagine.
- (reflexive, Spain) lie, lie down (on a bed, etc.)
- Synonym: acostarse
- (reflexive, Spain, by extension) sleep, take a nap
- Synonym: acostarse
- Deberías echarte un rato que te veo cansado.
- You should sleep for a bit. You look tired.
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | echar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | echando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | echado | echada | |||||
| plural | echados | echadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | echo | echastú echásvos |
echa | echamos | echáis | echan | |
| imperfect | echaba | echabas | echaba | echábamos | echabais | echaban | |
| preterite | eché | echaste | echó | echamos | echasteis | echaron | |
| future | echaré | echarás | echará | echaremos | echaréis | echarán | |
| conditional | echaría | echarías | echaría | echaríamos | echaríais | echarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | eche | echestú echésvos2 |
eche | echemos | echéis | echen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
echara | echaras | echara | echáramos | echarais | echaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
echase | echases | echase | echásemos | echaseis | echasen | |
| future1 | echare | echares | echare | echáremos | echareis | echaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | echatú echávos |
eche | echemos | echad | echen | ||
| negative | no eches | no eche | no echemos | no echéis | no echen | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| infinitive | echarse | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | echándose | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | echado | echada | |||||
| plural | echados | echadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| personal non-finite | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| infinitive | echarme | echarte | echarse | echarnos | echaros | echarse | |
| gerund | echándome | echándote | echándose | echándonos | echándoos | echándose | |
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | me echo | te echastú te echásvos |
se echa | nos echamos | os echáis | se echan | |
| imperfect | me echaba | te echabas | se echaba | nos echábamos | os echabais | se echaban | |
| preterite | me eché | te echaste | se echó | nos echamos | os echasteis | se echaron | |
| future | me echaré | te echarás | se echará | nos echaremos | os echaréis | se echarán | |
| conditional | me echaría | te echarías | se echaría | nos echaríamos | os echaríais | se echarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | me eche | te echestú te echésvos2 |
se eche | nos echemos | os echéis | se echen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
me echara | te echaras | se echara | nos echáramos | os echarais | se echaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
me echase | te echases | se echase | nos echásemos | os echaseis | se echasen | |
| future1 | me echare | te echares | se echare | nos echáremos | os echareis | se echaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | échatetú echatevos |
échese | echémonos | echaos | échense | ||
| negative | no te eches | no se eche | no nos echemos | no os echéis | no se echen | ||
Derived terms
[edit]- desechar
- echadero
- echadura
- echar a andar
- echar a la buena barba
- echar a la calle
- echar a mala parte
- echar a perder
- echar a suertes
- echar abajo
- echar agua al mar
- echar al agua
- echar balones fuera
- echar caperuzas a la tarasca
- echar carnes
- echar con cajas destempladas
- echar cuentas
- echar damas y galanes
- echar de la oseta
- echar de menos
- echar de ver
- echar desmadre
- echar el anzuelo
- echar el bofe
- echar el buitre
- echar el cierre
- echar el cuerpo fuera
- echar el guante
- echar el pecho al agua
- echar el pie atrás
- echar el quilo
- echar el resto
- echar en cara
- echar en falta
- echar flores
- echar humo
- echar la araña
- echar la bendición
- echar la capa al toro
- echar la casa por la ventana
- echar la contera
- echar la cuenta
- echar la culpa
- echar la doble
- echar la ley
- echar la llave
- echar la papilla
- echar la pata
- echar la pava
- echar la pota
- echar la primera piedra
- echar la regla
- echar la soga tras el caldero
- echar la tijera
- echar lanzas en la mar
- echar las campanas al vuelo
- echar las cartas
- echar las habas
- echar las muelas
- echar las puertas abajo
- echar las temporalidades
- echar leña al fuego
- echar los dientes
- echar los perros
- echar mano a la bolsa
- echar mano de
- echar papas
- echar pata
- echar pestes
- echar pie a tierra
- echar por el atajo
- echar por en medio
- echar por esos cerros
- echar por la borda
- echar por tierra
- echar porras
- echar raíces
- echar un cable
- echar un capote
- echar un guante
- echar un palo
- echar un párrafo
- echar un polvo
- echar un pulso
- echar un quiqui
- echar un sueño
- echar un vistazo
- echar una cana al aire
- echar una cuerda
- echar una firma
- echar una gallina
- echar una mano
- echar una meada
- echar una vista
- echarle el perro muerto
- echarle ganas
- echarle los calzones
- echarle los perros
- echarlo todo a rodar
- echarse
- echarse a dormir
- echarse a la calle
- echarse a la cara
- echarse a morir
- echarse a pechos
- echarse al agua
- echarse al monte
- echarse al pico
- echarse al plato
- echarse atrás
- echarse con la carga
- echarse el pollo
- echarse la manta
- echarse la soga al cuello
- echarse un taco
- echo
- el verbo echar echa la hache por la ventana
Descendants
[edit]- → Tagalog: itsa
Further reading
[edit]- “echar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “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
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