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echarse

Translation

prnl.
(tumbarse)
to lie
to lie down
Échate un ratito, pareces cansado
Lie down for a while, you look tired
echarse una siesta
to have a nap
(moverse)
to move
echarse a un lado
to move aside
echarse atrás (rajarse, arrepentirse)
to back out
Me eché atrás, porque me faltó valor
I backed out because I didn't have the guts
(Definition of echarse prnl. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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