echar a la calle

Spanish

Verb

echar a la calle (first-person singular present echo a la calle, first-person singular preterite eché a la calle, past participle echado a la calle)

1. (idiomatic) to dismiss or fire someone

   El dueño nos ha echado a todos a la calle.

   The owner has fired us all.

2. (idiomatic) to evict someone

   Si no paga el alquiler que debe, lo echarán a la calle.

   If he doesn't pay his overdue rent, he will get evicted.

Further reading

• “echar a la calle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014