echar
Translation
v.
› (tirar)
⇨ to throw
Échame el balón Throw me the ball
⇨ to chuck inform
› (a suertes)
⇨ to toss
Echemos una moneda al aire Let's toss a coin
› (tumbar, acostar)
⇨ to lay
Voy a echar al bebé en la cama I'll lay the baby on the bed
› (poner)
⇨ to put
No me eches otra manta en la cama Don't put another blanket on my bed
› (participar en un juego)
⇨ to play
¿Echamos una partida de cartas? What about playing cards?
› (calcular, adivinar)
⇨ to guess
■ constr. to guess + (that)Te echo veinte años, pero puede que me equivoque I'd guess that you're twenty, but I may be wrong
› (servir una bebida)
⇨ to pour
Échame un poco de agua, por favor Pour me a little water, please
⇨ to give
› (servir una comida)
⇨ to serve
¿Te echo un poco más de sopa? Shall I serve you some more soup?
⇨ to give
› (hacer salir)
⇨ to throw out
La eché de mi habitación I threw her out of my room
› (de un colegio)
⇨ to expel
Ese colegio nunca ha echado a ningún alumno That school has never expelled any of its pupils
› (de un trabajo)
⇨ to lay off
⇨ to dismiss
La empresa ha echado a varios empleados The company has dismissed several employees
› (col.) (en el cine, en la tele)
⇨ to be on
¿Qué echan esta semana en el cine? What's on the cinema this week?
›echar una carta
to post a letter
echar a
⇨ to start
echar a correr to start running
echar de menos
⇨ to miss
Te echo mucho de menos I miss you a lot
echar una mano
⇨ to give a hand
Échame una mano, por favor Give me a hand, please
echar una ojeada
⇨ to have a look
Solo he venido a echar una ojeada al apartamento I've just come to have a look at the flat
echar un ojo
⇨ to keep an eye on
¿Puedes echarle un ojo a mi equipaje? Could you keep an eye on my luggage?
echar un vistazo
⇨ to take a quick look
⇨ to scan
⇨ to glance
Siempre le echo un vistazo a los titulares I always glance at the newspaper headlines
(Definition of echar v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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