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echar

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /eˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: e‧char

Verb

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echar (first-person singular indicative present echo, past participle echáu)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: llanzar, aventar
  2. to throw out, throw away
    Synonyms: botar, tirar
  3. to throw up, vomit
    Synonyms: devolver, gomitar
  4. to emit
    Esa flor echa muncha grana
    That flower emits a lot of pollen
  5. to kick out, expel
    Synonyms: espulsar, botar
    Echáronlu de la escuela
    They expelled him from the school
  6. 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
  7. to sprout
    Synonyms: biltar, campiar
    Los praos echen agora de primavera
    The fields sprout now that it is spring
  8. to serve food
    Nun m'eches más pote
    Don't serve me more stew
  9. to lay down, put to sleep
    Echólu na cama
    He/She laid him down in bed
  10. to play a game
    Synonym: xugar
    ¿Echamos una (partida)?
    Want to play a (game)?
    Echaron una bona partida ayeri
    They played a good game yesterday
  11. to sow, plant
    Synonym: semar
    Esti añu echaron fabes tamién
    This year they sowed beans as well
  12. 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?
  13. to spend, use money
    Synonym: gastar
    Valte más echar les perres en chicolate
    It's better if you spend the money in chocolate
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. to forget, to get out of one's head
    Synonyms: posar, escaecer
    Nun soi a echar lo que mi dixo
    I can't forget what he/she said to me
  17. to hold mass
    Charon una misa pol padre
    They held a mass in honour of the father
  18. to hunt an animal

Conjugation

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Conjugation of echar
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

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Further reading

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  • “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
  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “echar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Ladino

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Alternative forms

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  • ichar (Monastir, Sarajevo)

Verb

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echar

  1. to throw
  2. to put to bed

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-kt
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder.
Latin iaciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Classical Latin iactō
Early Medieval Latin iectō
Old Spanish echar
Spanish echar

    Inherited from Old Spanish echar, from Early Medieval Latin iectāre, from Classical Latin iactāre. Doublet of the borrowing jactar. Cognate with Catalan gitar, Galician xeitar, French jeter, Portuguese jeito, and Sicilian jittari; alongside more distantly English jet and jut.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /eˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
    • Audio (Colombia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Syllabification: e‧char

    Verb

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

    1. (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.
    2. (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.
    3. (transitive) to put in, add
      Yo le echo aceite a la ensalada.
      I add oil to the salad.
    4. (transitive) to let out
      Échalo todo.
      Let it all out.
    5. (transitive) to discharge
    6. (transitive) to dump
    7. (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.
    8. (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.
    9. (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.
    10. (transitive) to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment)
      Al pobre lo han echado del trabajo.
      They fired the poor thing from work.
    11. (transitive) to play (to participate in a sport)
      Echamos un partido.
      We're playing a match.
    12. (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
    13. (transitive) to take, have (a look at)
      Échale un ojo.
      Take a look at it.
    14. (transitive) to mail, post (to send through the mail/post)
    15. (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.
    16. (transitive) to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt)
    17. (intransitive) to start off, begin
    18. (reflexive) to throw oneself
    19. (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.
    20. (reflexive) to put on
      Échate crema solar cuando vayas a la playa.
      Put sunscreen on when you go to the beach.
    21. (sometimes reflexive) to begin
      Synonyms: empezar, apretar
      Se echó a llorar.
      He began to cry.
      Eché a correr.
      I started running.
    22. (reflexive, of birds) to sit on eggs
    23. (reflexive) to give in, to yield
    24. (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.
    25. (reflexive, Spain) lie, lie down (on a bed, etc.)
      Synonym: acostarse
    26. (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

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        Conjugation of echar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
    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

    1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
    2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

        Selected combined forms of echar

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive echar dative echarme echarte echarle, echarse echarnos echaros echarles, echarse
    accusative echarme echarte echarlo, echarla, echarse echarnos echaros echarlos, echarlas, echarse
    with gerund echando dative echándome echándote echándole, echándose echándonos echándoos echándoles, echándose
    accusative echándome echándote echándolo, echándola, echándose echándonos echándoos echándolos, echándolas, echándose
    with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative echa dative échame échate échale échanos not used échales
    accusative échame échate échalo, échala échanos not used échalos, échalas
    with informal second-person singular voseo imperative echá dative echame echate echale echanos not used echales
    accusative echame echate echalo, echala echanos not used echalos, echalas
    with formal second-person singular imperative eche dative écheme not used échele, échese échenos not used écheles
    accusative écheme not used échelo, échela, échese échenos not used échelos, échelas
    with first-person plural imperative echemos dative not used echémoste echémosle echémonos echémoos echémosles
    accusative not used echémoste echémoslo, echémosla echémonos echémoos echémoslos, echémoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative echad dative echadme not used echadle echadnos echaos echadles
    accusative echadme not used echadlo, echadla echadnos echaos echadlos, echadlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative echen dative échenme not used échenle échennos not used échenles, échense
    accusative échenme not used échenlo, échenla échennos not used échenlos, échenlas, échense
        Conjugation of echarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
    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

    1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
    2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

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    Descendants

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    • → Tagalog: itsa

    Further reading

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