# echar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre, probably 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

* IPA: /eˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [eˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: e‧char

### Verb

echar (first-person singular indicative present echo, past participle echáu)
* to throw
    Synonyms: llanzar, aventar
* to throw out, throw away
    Synonym: tirar
* to throw up, vomit
    Synonym: devolver
* to emit
    Esa flor echa muncha granaThat flower emits a lot of pollen
* to kick out, expel
    Synonym: espulsar
    Echáronlu de la escuelaThey expelled him from the school
* to send (someone or something in a direction)
    Synonym: empobinar
    Echáronlu pa la ciudá cola caxaThey sent him to the city with the box
* to sprout
    Synonyms: biltar, campiar
    Los praos echen agora de primaveraThe fields sprout now that it is spring
* to serve food
    Nun m'eches más poteDon't serve me more stew
* to lay down, put to sleep
    Echólu na camaHe/She laid him down in bed
* to play
    Synonym: xugar
    ¿Echamos una (partida)?Want to play a (game)?
    Echaron una bona partida ayeriThey played a good game yesterday
* to sow, plant
    Synonym: semar
    Esti añu echaron fabes tamiénThis 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 chicolateIt'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 trabayarPrepare the blue jeans for me, I'm leaving for work
    Échame la merienda que marchoPrepare a meal for me, I'm leaving
* to put on, play (a film or TV show)
    Tan echando un nuevu programa nesta canalThey are putting on a new show on this channel
* to forget, to get out of one's head
    Synonyms: posar, escaecer
    Nun soi a echar lo que mi dixoI can't forget what he/she said to me

#### Conjugation
## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* ichar (Monastir, Sarajevo)

### Verb

echar
* to throw
* to put to bed

#### Derived terms

* echarse

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre. Doublet of the borrowing jactar. Cognate with Galician xeitar and, more distantly, English jet and jut.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

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.
* (reflexive) to begin
    Se echó a llorar.He began to cry.
* (reflexive, of birds) to sit on eggs
* (reflexive) to give in, to yield
* (reflexive, Andalusia) to take a nap, to sleep
    Cuando llegue a casa me voy a echar una siesta que no veas.When I get home I'm going to take a nap you couldn't even imagine.
    Deberías echarte un rato que te veo cansado.You should sleep for a while. You look tired

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* 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 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 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

* → Tagalog: itsa

### Further reading

* “echar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “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